Spring 2007 – Computer Structures C421 Syllabus
Instructor: Dr. John F. Doyle, P.E.
Office: LF112 OH: M/W 1500-1630 and by appointment
T/R 1500-1800
Class: Number: 2330, Room: LF111 - M/W 1930-2120
Phone: 812-941-2195 (Please use email first)
Email: jfdoyle@ius.edu
Text: Introduction to Digital Systems by Ercegovac, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN: 0-471-52799-8, Copyright 1999 and Provided Notes by Instructor.
Textbook Online Resources
Course Goals
Prerequisites: C202
Grade Scale: A+ 97% - 100% A 93% - 96% A- 90% - 92%
B+ 87% - 89% B 83% - 86% B- 80% - 82%
Click for C+ 77% - 79% C 73% - 76% C- 70% - 72%
Grade Book: D+ 67% - 69% D 63% - 66% D- 60% - 62%
F 0% - 59%
Course
Evaluation: 2 Tests =
40%
Exercises =
5%
Homework =
25%
Final
Exam = 20%
Total = 100%
Homework
- Due at the start of class.
Project - On designated dates, part of class time will be spent
practicing design skills necessary for homework assignments.
Teams - Student teams of two or three will be required for the project
and select homework assignments.
Ethics - All graded work is expected to be the product of individual
effort and is subject to the Indiana University Code of Student Ethics.
Frequently Asked
Questions
Preliminary/Tentative Class Schedule: [I reserve the right to change this schedule at any time]
Jan 08 Introduction. Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 Notes.
10 Class Cancelled. Introduction. Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 Notes.
15 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - School Holiday
17 Laboratory Introduction. Laboratory 1. license.txt (rename license.dat then, place in c:\maxplus2) Guest Speaker: Whitney Roberts, Career Services
22 Laboratory 1. Exercises 1 Due.
24 Homework 1 Due.
29 Exercises 2 Due. Laboratory 2.
31 Chapter 4 Notes Combinational integrated circuits. Laboratory 2 due.
Feb 05 Laboratory 3 begin. Practice Exam 1
07 Chapter 4 Notes
12 Exercises 4 Due. Wrap up Chapters 1-4.
14 Exam #1 1 single-sided, 8½ x 11 crib sheet. Homework 3 Due. Laboratory 4.
19 Chapter 5 Notes, Design of combinational systems: Two-level gate networks.
21 Chapter 5 Notes, Design of combinational systems: Two-level gate networks.
26 Exercises 5 Due. Chapter 6 Notes. Design of combinational systems: multilevel gate networks.
28 Homework 4 Due
Mar 05 Chapter 9 Notes. Standard combinational modules. Exercises 6 Due.
08 Exercises 9 due.
12 Homework 5 Due. Chapter 7 Notes Specification of sequential systems. Practice Exam 2.
14 Exam 2, Chapters 5,6,9. Begin Laboratory 9. (Not Lab 7/8)
19 Finish Chapter 7 Notes.
21 Laboratory 9 Due. Begin Laboratory 8
26 Spring Break - No Class
28 Spring Break - No Class
Apr 02 Homework 9 Due Chapter 8 Notes. Sequential networks.
04 Chapter 10 Standard sequential modules. Begin Laboratory 10 Exercises 7 due
09 Standard sequential modules. Exercises 8 Due. Chapter 11 Notes.
11 Finish Chapter 11 Notes. Chapter 3 Notes
16 Begin Laboratory 11 Chapter 12 Notes, Programmable modules.
18 Work on Laboratory 11 Exercises 10 Due.
23 Last Day of Classes – SETs, Work on Laboratory 11 Exercises 3 Due
25 Reading Day – No class Homework 8 Due Homework 10 Due.
30 Final Exam - Chapters 7,8,10. – 1930-2120, LF 111 Laboratory 11 Due. Sample Test 3
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