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Digital Circuits
FEKT-BDIOAcad. year: 2016/2017
Fundamentals of digital circuits. VHDL language and general syntax. Concurrent statements, design methodology and examples. Logic hazards, their elimination and avoiding. Sequential statements, design methodology and examples. Metastability. State machine theory and design methodology. Translation of VHDL code to schematic representation (methodology understanding). Practical design of sequential systems and state machines.
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
- explain fundamentals of combinational and sequential circuits and how these circuits manually design
- describe digital circuits by using VHDL
- design state machines and their design and methodology
- draw the schematic representation from VHDL code
- explain synchronous circuit design methodology
Prerequisites
- Describe the basic logic gates NAND, NOR, AND, OR, INV – logic functions, truth tables etc.
- Conversion from various number representations
- Describe CMOS technology process and how the NMOS and PMOS transistor work.
- Fundamentals of flowcharts and their utilization
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70 points for final exam.
Course curriculum
2. VHDL language and general syntax
3. Concurrent statements and design methodology
4. Concurrent statements and examples
5. Hazards in digital circuits and metastability
6. Sequential statements and design methodology
7. Sequential statements and examples
8. Theory of state machines
9. Translation of VHDL code to schematic representation, methodology how to properly describe the sequential system by using VHDL
10. Practical design of sequential circuits and state machines
11. Memories – SRAM, DRAM, FLASH etc.
12. Introduction to digital integrated circuit design
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Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Skahill, K., VHDL for Programmable Logic, Addison-Wesley, 1996, ISBN 0-201-89573-0. (EN)
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