EE 238 - Digital Systems Design

Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 3

Combinational and sequential building blocks are reviewed and used in conjunction with hardware description languages to design complex digital systems. Computer arithmetic circuits and medium-scale sequential components such as registers and counters are also covered. Principles of modularity, hierarchical methods, controller/ datapath partitioning, and a top-down approach are considered in the design process. A hardware description language such as VHDL or Verilog and programmable logic devices are used in the laboratory to implement digital systems. Prerequisite(s): EE 229 with a minimum grade of C.