Course Information
About
This graduate course is about the fundamentals of digital design and computer systems . The main aim of the course is providing an understanding the analytical approaches and digital systems as well as the methods followed in synthesizing and analyzing the them.
The general body devoted to digital design is on Binary Systems, Codes, Boolean Algebra,Digital Logic Gates, Simplifying the Functions, Combinational Logic, Sequential Synchronous Logic and Design Problems
The course is taught by Dr. Ahmet Selman Bozkır.
Exam Dates
First Midterm: 14.4.2023 - Friday at 13:40
Second Midterm: 26.5.2023 - Friday at 13:40
Final: 15.6.2023 - Thursday at 14:40 (Online)
Time and Location
Lectures: Friday at 13:40-16:30 (Online)
Reference Books
- Digital Design and Computer Architecture, D. Harris, S. Harris, Morgan Kaufmann, 2007.
Communication
The course webpage will be updated regularly throughout the semester with lecture notes, presentations, and important deadlines. Since this class wil be taught online, it is obligatory to register Piazza BBM242 communication group
Course Requirements and Grading
Grading for BBM242 will be based on
- Midterm exam 1 (25%),
- Midterm exam 2 (25%),
- Participation (10%),
- Final exam (40%).
Course Content
| Date | Topic | Notes |
| Mar 3 | Introduction [slides] | Introduction to Digital Systems, Number systems |
| Mar 10 | Logic Gates [slides] | Logic Gates, Logic Levels, CMOS Transistors,Power Consumption |
| Mar 17 | Boolean Algebra, SOP, POS [slides] | Boolean Algebra, Duality, De-Morgan's Law, Minterms, Maxterms, SOP, POS, Multiple Input Gates |
| Mar 24 | Gate Level Minimzation [slides] | Karnough Maps, Prime Implicants, Essential Prime Implicants, NAND/NOR Gate Based Design, Parity Checkers |
| Mar 31 | Combinational Circuits [slides] | BCD-to-2421 Converter, Ripple-Carry Adder, Carry Lookahead Adder |
| Apr 7 | Combinational Circuits 2 [slides] | Decoders, Encoders, Multiplexers, Demultiplexers, Tri-state Buffers, ROM, Propagation Delays |
| Apr 14 | 1st Midterm | No class |
| Apr 21 | Official Holiday | No class |
| Apr 28 | Sequential Circuits, Flip Flop [slides] | SR Latches, D-Latches, D Flip Flops, Shifters, Floating Point Representations |
| May 5 | No class [slides] | |
| May 12 | Memory Types, MIPS [slides] | Counters, Shift Registers, DRAM, SRAM, Introduction to MIPS |
| May 19 | No class (National Day) [slides] | |
| Jun 2 | MIPS based Programming [slides] | Branching, Loops, Function Calls, Stack, Arrays, Recursion |