Engin 241

Digital Systems w/ Labs

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Tomas.Materdey@umb.edu

Office S-03-110

Phone: (617) 287-6435

 

Course information

 

Objectives

Learning Activities

Textbooks and materials

Handouts

Assessments

Course syllabus

Class meetings

Office hours

Student conduct

Accommodations

 

E-Syllabus and due dates

 

Textbook companion website

 

Bulletin Board

 

Please check class notes posted on the E-Syllabus

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Course TA:

Office hours (S-3-126):; and by appointments

 

 

Objectives

Concepts of digital measurement, counting, timing and switching, basic logic concepts, basic theorems in Boolean algebra, manipulation of logic statements, binary information gates, application of logic gates, flip-flops and multivibrators, counters, registers and readouts, and other combinational and sequential circuits Back

Learning Activities

Plenty of worked out examples in the text are available for you to practice and monitor your progress. Logicworks 5.0 will be introduced in the Lab component of the course. Some homework problems and quiz questions will be related to this software. Back

Textbooks and required materials

Digital Principles and Design

Donald D. Givone

McGraw-Hill; ISBN: 978-0-07-255132-7

Student Resources -Digital Principles and Design                                                                              

                                   

The textbook is currently available in the campus bookstore or can be purchased on-line Back

Handouts

No handouts will be made generally. All course materials are electronically available from this web site. Links to all class notes and assignments can be found from the e-syllabus. Back

Assessments

You can monitor your progress by doing practice and homework problems. The weekly problem set is assigned on Tuesdays and due a week later in class. There will be a five-to-ten-minute quiz every two weeks, an in-class exam every four weeks, and an accumulative final. The grade distribution will be homeworks (15%), exams (45%), final (20%), labs (20%). Unannounced “quizzes” will be assigned for extra credits.

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Course syllabus

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Meetings

The class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:00-12:15pm in the Engineering Teaching Lab (S-3-126), except otherwise indicated. Back

Office hours

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:30-3:30pm, and by appointments. Back

Code of Conduct

Students are required to adhere to the University Policy on Academic Standards and Cheating, to the University Statement on Plagiarism and the Documentation of Written Work, and to the Code of Student Conduct as delineated in the catalog of Undergraduate Programs, pp. 44-45, and 48-52. The Code is available online at: http://www.umb.edu/student_services/student_rights/code_conduct.html

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Accommodations

Section 504 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 offers guidelines for curriculum modifications and adaptations for students with documented disabilities. If applicable, students may obtain adaptation recommendations from the Ross Center for Disability Services, M-1-401, (617-287-7430). The student must present these recommendations and discuss them with each professor within a reasonable period, preferably by the end of Drop/Add period. Back