Digital Logic Systems Course Syllabus 

ENGP 3660-01, 3 credits, Fall 2021

Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays 12:00-12:50pm

Howard Tilton Room B08

Contact Information

Instructor

Instructor's Name: Dr. Michelle Sanchez

Office hours: By appointment

Office location: Zoom, Meeting ID: 955 8728 6396, Passcode: Digital21

https://tulane.zoom.us/j/95587286396?pwd=RUFEdlIwR09lbnp6Wk4zT09OKzFhQT09

Phone Number: 504-865-5088

Email address: sanchez@tulane.edu

Teaching Assistants

Ron Koshita

Office hours: Wednesdays 3:00-5:00pm or by appointment

Office location: Stanley Thomas Room 411

Email address: rkoshita@tulane.edu

Catalog/Course Description

ENGP 3660-01 Digital Logic Systems (3 credits, Special Topics):  An introduction to digital circuits, logic and system design. Topics include digital representation of information, logic circuits, combinational logic design, logic building blocks, arithmetic design, sequential logic and timing analysis, clocks and synchronization, finite state machines, and digital system design. Prerequisites: ENGP 2010.

ABET Specific Aims

1. Students will express an understanding of digital logic design, including logic elements, and their application in combinational, arithmetic, and sequential logic circuit design.
2. Students will be able to explain number systems and codes and digital representation of data.
3. Students will demonstrate an ability to use gates, flip flops, counters, timers, and other common transistor logic devices.
4. Students will be able to simplify Boolean expressions using Karnaugh Maps.
5. Students will express signed, unsigned, fixed-point and floating-point values in binary representations and perform signed and unsigned addition and subtraction.
6. Students will demonstrate an ability to analyze combinational and sequential circuits.
7. Students will design digital circuits and implement them in Multisim.

ABET Outcomes

(1) An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics

(2) an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors

(7) An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies

Program-Level Outcomes (Major/Minor)

This course satisfies an engineering elective and counts toward the Electrical Engineering certificate in Engineering Physics. More information can be found on the ENGP website: https://catalog.tulane.edu/science-engineering/physics-engineering/

Required and Optional Student Resources

• Optional Textbooks
  
  • Digital Design: A Systems Approach, 1^st edition, William James Dally and R. Curtis Harting, Cambridge University Press,
  • Fundamentals of Digital Logic with Verilog Design, 3^rd edition, Stephen Brown and Zvonko Vranesic, McGraw-Hill.
• Lecture Notes: Available on Canvas.
• Software: Multisim Live: http://www.multisim.com. Free online circuit simulator. Can use in any browser (Firefox, Safari, etc.) on Mac or PC

Evaluation Procedures and Grading Criteria

There will be two exams, a final project, weekly homework, and quizzes. No late assignments will be accepted.

Grade Distribution:

Homework – 15% – Homework Assigned and Due Weekly

Quizzes/Attendance – 10% – At Professor’s Discretion

Exam 1 – 25% – Tentatively, Wednesday, October 15th ^,

Exam 2 – 25% – Tentatively, Wednesday, December 1st

Final Project – 25% – Tuesday, December 14^th, 8:00-11:00am

Attendance Statement

Faculty and students must comply with University policies on COVID-19 testing and isolation, which are located here [https://tulane.edu/covid-19/health-strategies]. All students are to attend class regularly. Each individual instructor can establish an attendance policy for their individual class based on pedagogical best practices given the course’s particulars. Additionally, instructors may allow limited use of Zoom engagement. For more information, refer to the Zoom Recording and Engagement Recommendations. If a student cannot attend class for any reason, the student is responsible for communicating with their instructors to make up any work they may miss.

Zoom Policy

The Department of Physics and Engineering Physics values in-person instruction. For this reason, Zoom is not available by default, but will make Zoom available for individuals in cases such as family emergency, Illness, ADA accommodation, University-sponsored travel, or for in-class use to enhance learning.

ADA/Accessibility Statement

Tulane University strives to make all learning experiences as accessible as possible. If you anticipate or experience academic barriers based on your disability, please let me know immediately so that we can privately discuss options. I will never ask for medical documentation from you to support potential accommodation needs. Instead, to establish reasonable accommodations, I may request that you register with the Goldman Center for Student Accessibility.  After registration, make arrangements with me as soon as possible to discuss your accommodations so that they may be implemented in a timely fashion. Goldman Center contact information: goldman.tulane.edu; (504) 862-8433; http://accessibility.tulane.edu.

Code of Academic Conduct

The Code of Academic Conduct applies to all undergraduate students, full-time and part-time, in Tulane University. Tulane University expects and requires behavior compatible with its high standards of scholarship. By accepting admission to the university, a student accepts its regulations (i.e., Code of Academic Conduct and Code of Student Conduct) and acknowledges the right of the university to take disciplinary action, including suspension or expulsion, for conduct judged unsatisfactory or disruptive.

Unless indicated differently on instructions, all assignments and exams are to be completed individually and without any study aid, including textbooks, class notes, or online sites. If you have any question about whether a resource is acceptable, you must ask the instructor rather than assume.  

Religious Accommodation Policy

Both Tulane’s policy of non-discrimination on the basis of religion and our core values of diversity and inclusion require instructors to make reasonable accommodations to help students avoid negative academic consequences when their religious obligations conflict with academic requirements. Every reasonable effort should be made to allow members of the university community to observe their religious holidays without jeopardizing the fulfillment of their academic obligations. It is never acceptable for an instructor to compel a student to choose between religious observance and academic work. Absence from classes or examinations for religious reasons does not relieve students from responsibility for any part of the course work required during the period of absence. It is the obligation of the student to provide faculty within the first two weeks of each semester their intent to observe the holiday so that alternative arrangements convenient to both students and faculty can be made at the earliest opportunity. Students who make such arrangements will not be required to attend classes or take examinations on the designated days, and faculty must provide reasonable opportunities for such students to make up missed work and examinations. Exceptions to the requirement of a make-up examination must be approved in advance by the dean of the school in which the course is offered. A religious calendar is available. 

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Because this class needs to be a participatory community where students are able to fulfill their potential for learning, people who disrupt the community by their words or actions will not be tolerated. Rude, sarcastic, obscene, and disrespectful speech and disruptive behavior have a negative impact on everyone's learning. When a person disrupts the class in these ways, the course instructor will remove the disruptive person from the class.

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