Course Title: EE122 Digital Electronics

Course aim: This course introduces students to the concepts of digital electronics.
The course content includes topics such as sequential circuits, timing circuits,
memory, D/A converters and their application in the computer engineering field.

Course expected learning outcomes: On successful completion of this course

students will be able to:

 Design Digital arithmetic logic

 Design various asynchronous and sequential logic circuits
 Understand Medium Scale Integrated (MSI)
 Understand Integrated Circuit logic families
 Understand Computer memory
 Understand A/D and D/A converter logic

Course status: Core

Credit rating: 8 Credits

Total hours spent: 80 hours

Pre-requisite: None

Course content:

Unit 1: Combinational Circuits

 Advantages of Digital System

 Essential Characteristics of Digital Circuits
 Characteristic of an Ideal Digital Logic Element
 Definition of Truth Table and Various Logic Conventions
 Number System and operations
 Logic Gates and Logic Circuits
 Enable Inputs

Unit 2: Sequential Circuit

 Definition of Combination and Sequential Circuits

 Flip-Flop
 Different Types of Flip-Flops and Their Application
 Flip-Flop Used as a Divider Circuit
 Racing Problem
 Master–Slave Clock
 Counters

Unit 3: Memory

 Computer Memory
  Classifications of Memory
 System Memory and Standard Memory Devices
 Different Semiconductor Memories
 Memory Organization
 Different Types of ROM
 Compact Disc-Read Only Memory
 ROM by Using Decoder and Gates

Unit 4: Timing Circuit

 Introduction
 Multivibrators
 555 Timer
 Monostable Multivibrator Using Logic Gate
 Generation of Timing Waveform Using OP-AMP
 Registers and Types of Registers
 Ring Counter and Johnson Counter
 Multiplexer as a Parallel In Serial Out Register
 Application of Register

Unit 5: Logic Family

 Introduction
 Logic Parameters
 Resistor Transistor Logic
 Diode Transistor Logic
 High Threshold Logic
 Transistor Logic
 Integrated Injection Logic

Unit 6: Digital to Analog Converter

 Disadvantages of W-R DAC

 The R-2R Ladder Type DAC
 Advantage

Unit 7: Application

 D/A Counter
 Bit Arithmetic and Logic Unit
 Carry Look Ahead Adder
 Analog to Digital Converter

Teaching and Learning Activities:

Lecture Tutorial/Seminar Assignment Independent study Practical Total

Hrs Hrs Hrs Hrs Hrs Hrs

28 20 8 16 8 80
Assessment Methods:

 Continuous assessment 40%

 Final exam 60%

Reading list:

 Digital Systems Principles and Design, Raj Kamal,2012. ISBN-13: 978-

8131768792
 Digital Systems: Principles and Applications 11th Edition, Ronald J. Tocci,
2010 ISBN-13: 978-0135103821

Required Laboratory Equipment:

 Resistors, inductors, capacitors

 Diodes of various types
 Transistors of various types
 Op-amps
 Bread boards
 Oscilloscopes
 Function generators
 Simulation software