Digital electronics

General Information

• Name in Portuguese : Eletrônica digital
• Course of Computing engineering
• Language of lectures: Portuguese
• Requisites: Electronic circuits I (Eletrônica básica i) and Introduction to computing engineering (Introdução à engenharia de computação)
• Credits: 4
• Hours per semester (h): 75
  • Lecture (h): 60
  • Laboratory (h): 15

Schedule at glance

1. Introduction
2. Number systems and Boolean algebra
3. Combinational and sequential logic circuits
4. Digital arithmetic, counters and registers
5. Circuit logic families
6. Introduction to VHDL and PLD

Bibliography

• [1] Tocci R, Sistemas digitais, princípios e aplicações, 11 ed. Prentice Hall, 2011 (cn: 621.382:004 T631s 11.ed.)
• [2] Floyd T, Sistemas digitais: fundamentos e aplicações, 9 ed. Bookman, 2007 (cn: 621.32 F645s 9.ed.)
• [3] Wakerly J, Digital design: principles and practices, 2 ed, (link*), Prentice Hall, 2006 (cn: 621.382 W149d 4.ed.)
• [4] Pedroni V, Eletrônica digital moderna e VHDL, Elsevier, 2010 (cn: 621.382:004 P372e)

cn: call number in the library of the university (link)

Software

• Multisim
• Logisim

Activities

Reading

• Sections 1.1-1.9 of Chapter 1 of [1] (pages 1-21)
• Sections 2.1-2.10 of Chapter 2 of [1] (pages 24-41)
• Sections 3.1-3-16 of Chapter 3 of [1] (pages 48-84)
• Sections 4.1-4.8 of Chapter 4 of [1] (pages 100-128)
• Sections 6.1-6.11 of Chapter 6 of [1] (pages 252-273)

Readings above will be evaluated in the first term

• Introduction, and Sections 5.1-5.2 of Chapter 5 of [1] (pages 174-183)
• Sections 5.4-5.11 of Chapter 5 of [1] (pages 184-200)
• Sections 5.13-5.21 of Chapter 5 of [1] (pages 202-207)
• Introduction, Sections 7.1-7.6 of Chapter 7 of [1] (pages 305-322)
• Sections 7.8-7.10 of Chapter 7 of [1] (pages 331-345)
• Section 7.15 of Chapter 7 of [1] (pages 377-378)
• Section 7.17 of Chapter 7 of [1] (pages 385-389)

Readings above will be evaluated in the second term

• Introduction and Sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.4, 9.6-9.8, 9.10-9.13 of [1]
• Introduction and Sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.8 of [1] and Lecture slides

Readings above will be evaluated in the third term

Problems

• Problems 1.1-1.13 of [1] (pages 21-22)
• Problems 2.1-2.41 of [1] (pages 43-46)
• Problems 3.1-3.42 and 3.47-3.49 of [1] (pages 93-98)
• Problems 4.1-4.38 of [1] (pages 163-168)
• Problems 6.1-6.19 of [1] (pages 298-300)

Problems above will be evaluated in the first term

• Problems 5.1-5.5 and 5.7-5.35 of [1] (pages 239-243)
• Problems 5.40-5.44 of [1] (pages 244-245)
• Problems 7.1-7.16 of [1] (pages 409-410)
• Problems 7.35-7.48 of [1] (pages 415-417)

Problems above will be evaluated in the second term

• 9.1-9.9, 9.13, 9.27-9.37, 9.39-9.44, 9.52-9.56 of [1]
• 8.1 e 8.19 of [1]

Problems above will be evaluated in the third term

Relevant readings

• Graphene transistors (link)
• Large-scale chemical assembly of atomically thin transistors and circuits (link)
• Boolean algebra and logic design (link)
• Aristotle's prior analytics and Boole's laws of thought (link)
• From Aristotle to Pentium (link)
• The calculus of logic (link)
• Applications of Boolean algebra: Claude Shannon and circuit design (link)