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I certify that the attached Unit Guide complies with the Unit Guide Policy.
Dr R Vesilo
rein@science.mq.edu.au
E6A233 (office)
9850 9133 (phone)
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Unit description ELEC141 aims to provide students entering
university an understanding of digital fundamentals
forming the foundations for study programs in science,
technology, computing and engineering. ELEC141
would also be suitable for programs in commerce,
finance, economics, law, arts, etc providing an
introduction to the technology of computer systems.
ELEC141 provides a sequence of lectures and
associated tutorial and laboratory work on digital
fundamentals covering basic theory, digital devices and
procedures for the analysis and synthesis of digital
circuits and systems.
ELEC141 aims to give an appreciation of
hardware aspects of design, and provides the foundations
for more advanced units on Programmable Logic Design,
Computer Architecture, Computer Hardware and Digital
Systems Design.
ELEC141 includes six lectures giving overviews
of key areas of digital technology presented by either the
unit coordinator or guest lecturers.
Technology used and Logic trainers for digital fundamentals and
required small/medium-scale integrated circuits
Assumed knowledge None
Expected learning outcomes
1. Ability to evaluate alternative digital systems
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based on criteria such as "propagation delay",
"clock frequency", "number of components",
"integration level"
2. Ability to synthesise "combinational circuits"
given "truth tables", and synthesise "sequential
circuits" given "state transition diagrams"
3. Ability to analyse Boolean equations and to
derive equivalent circuit diagrams
4. Ability to apply Boolean identities and Karnaugh
maps to the minimisation of digital circuits
5. Basic understanding of the functionality of
medium-scale integrated circuits, arithmetic-
logic-units of computers, memory systems,
analogue-digital converters
6. Knowledge of circuit characteristics (such as
voltage levels and noise margins) of some
families of integrated circuits
Grades and final mark The grades of Credit, Distinction and High Distinction
will be determined by setting “break-points” between
Pass/Credit, Credit/Distinction and Distinction/High-
Distinction. Linear interpolation will be used between
break-points. Performance in all of the assessment
components (practicals, assignments and examination)
will be used to set the break-points.
Assignments There will be three assignments. The assignments will
be available on Blackboard CE6.
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Timetable
2 Logic Functions
Digital Codes Practical 1
IC Logic Gates
(Chapter 2) Number Systems & Logic Gates
YK (Chapter 3)
6 Adders/subtracters
Hamming Code Practical 5
Comparators
(Chapter 6) XOR Gate Applications
YK (Chapter 6)
8
Public Holiday Public Holiday
No Practical
No Lecture No Lecture
RV
Converting
between flip-flop
9 Latches types, flip-flop
Practical 7
Flip-flops applications and
Flip-flops
RV (Chapter 7) operating
characteristics
(Chapter 7)
Synchronous
Asynchronous counters (binary up
counters (binary up and down counters,
10 Practical 8
and down counters, non-binary
Adder/Subtracter and
non-binary counters), counter
RV Accumulator & Data Bus
counters) cascading and
(Chapter 8) applications
(Chapter 8)
Synchronous
11 Finite state Practical 9
counter analysis,
machine (FSM) Binary Counters & Multiplexer/
synchronous
RV design Demultiplexer Circuit
counter design
Shift register
12 counters & shift Practical 10
Shift registers
register Synchronous Counter Design
(Chapter 9)
RV applications (Assignment 3)
(Chapter 9)
13 Practical 11
Revision Revision Finite State Machines &
RV Shift Registers