PHYSICS 116B

Digital Electronics

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QUARTER: Winter 2008

LECTURES: 158 Roessler, MWF 11:10 to 2:00 PM

LAB: Sec. 1 - M 3:10-6:00 PM in Rm. 152 Roessler
            Sec. 2 - W 3:10-6:00 PM in Rm. 152 Roessler

INSTRUCTOR: Daniel Cebra, 539 P/G, 752-4592, H 758-1213, cebra@physics.ucdavis.edu

GRADER: Daniel Cebra

LAB INSTRUCTOR: Solomon Obolu, obolu@ucdavis.edu

TEXT: Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering 2nd Ed., Leonard S. Bobrow. This quarter we will cover chapters 11 through 13.

HOMEWORK: Homework should be turned in at class. Students are encouraged to discuss the problems with other students in the class, however directly copying solutions is not acceptable. Use of solution sets, either published or copied from previous years, is not acceptable.

MIDTERM EXAMS: Friday February 8th and Friday March 7th. Each midterm will cover only the material from the proceeding four or five weeks. The exams open note but are closed book. Students are encouraged to bring a calculator. All work should be shown explicitly - credit will not be given for the final answer alone.

FINAL EXAM:  Take home Final - NOT the scheduled time (Saturday 22-Mar-08. 08:00 – 10:00 Room 158 Roessler). 

GRADE DETERMINATION: 10% Homework, 30% Laboratory, 30% Midterms, 30% Final Exam

OFFICE HOURS:
Cebra: Thursday 12:00-2:00 PM, room P/G 539.

Solomon Obolu: M or W before class – by appointment

 

 

Week

Dates

Topics

Homework

Lab

1

07,09,11 Jan

Overview,

 

10) Schmitt Trigger

2

14,16,18 Jan

11) Relaxation Oscillator

3

21,23,25 Jan

12) Combinatoric Logic

4

28,30,01 J/F

Combinatorial Logic (12.1)

13) Digital ICs

5

04,06,08 Feb

MSI and LSI Design (12.1)

 

(no lab Wednesday)

6

11,13,15 Feb

Sequential Logic (12.3-13.2)

 

14) Sequential Logic

7

18,20,22 Feb

Memory (13.3)

 

15) Data Bases and Memory

8

25,27,29 Feb

ADCs and DACs (13.4)

 

16) ADCs and DACs

9

03,05,07 Mar

Micro-processors

 

17) Micro-processor

10

10,12,14 Mar

Micro-processors

 

18) Micro-processor II

11

17 Mar

Review of the quarter

 

FINAL EXAM:  Take Home Final 

NOTES:

1)      Jan 21st and Feb 18th are university holidays.

2)      Feb 08th and Mar 07th are midterm exams.

3)      Cebra will be out of town from Jan 25th through Feb 10th. Solomon cover most of the lectures

 

Last update: 09-Jan-2008.

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Email: cebra@physics.ucdavis.edu