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 csc480

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course info

Welcome to CSC 480/580 Digital Logic and Computer Design... here's a description according to the North Central College web site:

(Same as: CSC 580.) Computer organization from basic digital logic to complete systems. Analysis and design of combinational and sequential networks. Organization of memory, registers, ALU, and control units. Laboratory. Prerequisites: CSC 220, CSC 230. Offered: 2001-02.

I will add the we will also study some of the more recent advances in Computer Aided Design (CAD) including Hardware Description Languages, simulation and synthesis.

Textbook: "Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals" by Mano & Kime, published 2000-2001 by Prentice-Hall (ISBN: 0-13-031486-2)... Mano has a site at Prentice-Hall where you can find more information (including selected solutions) on our text: www.prenhall.com/mano 

We meet at 220 Science Bldg. on Monday, Wednesday nights 6:30-8:30 pm. Labs will meet at 106 Science Bldg. Wednesday nights at 8:30 (or right after lecture) till 10:30 pm.

instructor info

My name is Bill Krieger.

To contact me, the best way is via email: wikrieger@noctrl.edu 

My office is located at Carnegie 310-D.

My office hours are: 

  • MW 5:30-6:30 at our classroom SC 220
  • Or by appointment. I do not allot more time for fixed office hours, so that I can more flexibly respond to your requests for time.

My teaching philosophy: 1) learn the stuff, 2) show it (get a good grade), 3) have fun.

grades

 I like tests, then homeworks. We'll use the standard grading scale. Grades may be curved upwards in the case of a particularly gnarly test score distribution.
   
Homeworks/Labs 300 pts
Exam 1 200 pts
Exam 2 200 pts
Final Exam 300 pts
Total 1,000 pts
   
   
A 90%
B 80%
C 70%
D 60%
E <60%
   

course roadmap

 This is a sketch of what we will cover this semester. This is fantasy, folly... see the calendar page for reality and actual due dates for homeworks, etc.

 

COURSE ROADMAP
Week Focus Exams
1 Ch 2 - Combinational Logic Circuits
2 Ch 3 - Combinational Logic Design
3 Ch 4 - Sequential Circuits Exam 1
4 Ch 5 - Registers and Counters
Ch 6 - Memory and PLD's
5 Ch 7 - Register Transfers and Datapaths
6 Ch 8 - Sequencing and Control Exam 2
7 Ch 9 - Instruction Set Architecture
Ch 10 - Central Processing Unit Designs
8 Ch 11 - Input-Output and Communication
Ch 12 - Memory Systems
9 HDL Studies
10 HDL Studies Final Exam
Course review