Course: Digital Electronic Systems

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Course title Digital Electronic Systems
Course code KEI/CES
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pinker Jiří, Prof. Ing. CSc.
  • Fiřt Jaroslav, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Petránková Zuzana, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Kosturik Kamil, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures: 1. Logic devices, TTL and CMOS technologies. 2. LSI and MSI devices. 3. Decoders, multiplexors, comparators, adders, priority coders. 4. Latches and flip-flops, counters, registers, linear shift registers. 5. Pulse generators and shapers. 6. Combinational and sequential circuits. 7.-8. Transients in digital circuits. 9. Rules for Digital System Design. 10. Programmable logic devices. 11. Memories RAM, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, FLASH, static and dynamic. 12. Special types - LIFO, FIFO, double-port. 13. Microprogrammable automata. Labs 1. Introduction, Laboratory Equipment, Course requirements 2. Digital Circuits - Voltage transfer, Input and Current Supply Consumption Characteristics 3. Digital Circuits - Rise and Fall Time, Propagation Delay Time 4. Input Circuits for Digital Systems (Voltage Limiters, Signal Reshaping) 5. Combinatorial Circuits, Hazards 6. Flip-Flops 7. Counters and Digital Timers 8. Registers, Linear Counters 9. Sequential Circuits Design 10. Monostable Multivibrator, Pulse-Width Modulation Generator 11. Digital Memory - LIFO Memory Design 12. Programmable Logic Devices - Combinatorial Circuits 13. Programmable Logic Devices - Sequential Circuits

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Laboratory work
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 52 hours per semester
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for laboratory testing; outcome analysis (1-8) - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
explanation of basic principles and quantities in the field of theoretical electrotechnics
description of semiconductor component properties
description of simple electrical and electronics schematics
description of basic electronics analog circuits
Skills
utilization of basic rules and formulas of theoretical electrotechnics
performing of computation in simple circuits with semiconductor components
searching and evaluation of technical data on individual components
explanation of function of basic circuits in analog electronics
learning outcomes
Knowledge
recognition of basic digital components and circuits
comparison of basic digital components and circuits
explanation of metastability problems and communications in sequential systems
recognition of suitable arrangement and operational conditions
Skills
assessment of suitability of individual components and technologies in particular digital system
combinatorial circuits desig including technics for elimination of false output pulses
functional analysis of sequential circuit with the respect to possible metastability
design of communication among individual blocks of synchronous sequential system
assessing different possibilities for accelerating the operation of systems using chained and parallel branches
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Skills
Laboratory work
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Combined exam
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Recommended literature
  • Podklady v courseware.zcu.cz.
  • Pinker, Jiří; Poupa, Martin. Číslicové systémy a jazyk VHDL. Praha : BEN - technická literatura, 2006. ISBN 80-7300-198-5.


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