Date assigned

Assigned Readings

Sept. 6

• B/V: Preface, ch. 1, ch. 2.9, ch. 4.11

Sept. 6 (optional)

Review/Background Reading:

• basics of combinational logic: B/V ch. 2.1-2.8, 2.11-2.12
• implementation technology: B/V ch. 3.1-3.5
• combinational logic synthesis: B/V ch. 4.1-4.8, 4.13-4.14
• Additionally, the Roth book (see Handout #1) is a good self-study guide and refresher resource for basic digital logic; it will be on reserve in the Monell Engineering Library.

Sept. 8

• Handout #5: Quine-McCluskey Method
• B/V: ch. 7.15: Timing Analysis of Flip-Flop Circuits
• Lecture #2 Slides

Sept. 8 (optional)

Review/Background Reading:

• latches, flipflops, basic registers: B/V ch. 7: introduction + ch. 7.1-7.9

Sept. 13

• B/V: ch. 7.16-7.17 (incl. solved problems in ch 7.17)
• Handout #6: pp. 737-740
• Handout #7: pp. 62-65

Sept. 13 (optional)

Review/Background Reading:

• B/V ch. 6: intro. + ch. 6.1-6.4
• NOTE: see solved problems in B/V ch. 2.12, 4.14

Sept. 15

• B/V ch. 8: intro. + 8.1-8.3
• B/V ch. 8.5 (but skip 8.5.3)
• B/V ch. 8.7 (note: B/V's "counter" is actually an FSM!)

Sept. 20

• Handout #9
• B/V ch. 5 intro. + 5.1-5.3, ch. 5.8

Sept. 22

• Lecture #6 Slides
• Handout #10 (Xilinx XC4000 Series FPGA's): read ch. 9.6 intro. + 9.6.1-9.6.2, skim 9.6.3-9.6.4
• B/V, Appendix E.3: intro. + E.3.1 -- Altera Flex 10K FPGA's
• B/V ch. 2.10 Introduction to VHDL
• B/V ch. 4.12 VHDL basic circuit examples

Sept. 22 (optional)

Review/Background Reading:

• VHDL Reference: Bhasker ch. 2 -- on reserve
• Wakerly book (VHDL section) -- on reserve

Sept. 27

• VHDL and arithmetic circuits: B/V ch. 5.5: intro + 5.5.1-5.5.3

Sept. 30

• Lecture #8 Slides
• Handout #12: read all
• Handout #13: read all
• VHDL and arithmetic circuits: B/V ch. 5.5.4
• VHDL for comb. circuits: B/V ch. 6.6: intro + 6.6.1-6.6.5, 6.6.8 (NOTE: skip sequential logic statements for now!)
• Conclusions/Solved problems: B/V ch. 6.7-6.8

Sept. 30 (optional)

Review/Background Reading:

• Recommended VHDL Reading: B/V Appendix A.1-A.7, A.11-A.12

Oct. 4

• Lecture #9 Slides
• Analysis of sequential circuits: B/V ch. 8.9
• Handout #15: all
• Handout #16: ch. 5.1 and 5.3 only

Oct. 4 (optional)

Review/Background Reading:

• Recommended Reading: 2's complement binary representation (already listed above): B/V ch. 5 intro. + 5.1-5.3
• See also appropriate sections of Katz and Roth books (on reserve)

Oct. 6

• Lecture #10 Slides
• Handout #16: ch. 5.2

Oct. 11

• Handout #17: Advanced Adders, read carefully -- pp. 1-16, 25 (summary), 43-46 (summary), skim rest
• Handout #18: Prefix Adders, ch. 5.6

Oct. 13

• Handout #20: Combinational Multipliers, pp. 494-496
• Combinational Multipliers: B/V ch. 5.6, ch. 5.9 (p. 311 only, using carry-save)
• Sequential VHDL ('sequential'/'behavioral'/using 'process' stmts.): B/V ch. 6.6.6-6.6.7, ch. 7.12-7.13, ch. 8.4-8.5

Oct. 18

• Handout #21: read abstract, sections 1-2, 6-7

Oct. 20

• Handout #25: Read Abstract, sections I-II, section III (but skip/skim subsections on optimality and implementation), section V.

Nov. 1

• Handout #27: ch 2.15, read all
• Handout #28: read through end of "Computation of CRC," skim rest

Nov. 3

• Handout #31: (NOTE: read #31 before #30) read secs. 1 and 3, skim sec. 2
• Handout #30: read from bottom right p. 261 (Sequential and Combinational Logic Sensitivity) to top right p. 264 (up to Product Perspectives), skim rest
• Handout #32: read all

Nov. 10

• B/V ch. 8.10-8.13
• B/V ch. 3.8 pp. 135-138 (buffers, tristate buffers)

Nov. 15

• Handout #34: pp. 1-3
• Handout #36: intro., ch. 8.1

Nov. 17

• Handout #34: pp. 4-end
• Handout #36: ch. 8.3 (but we will cover somewhat differently!)

Nov. 22

• B/V ch. 5.7.2 Floating-Point Numbers
• (optional, on reserve in library) ch. 4.8, Floating-Point Representation and Operations, D. Patterson/J. Hennessy, "Computer Organization and Design" (2nd Edition)

Nov. 29

• Handout #40: read pp. 1-36, skim/skip rest

Dec. 1

• Handout #42: read all

Nov. 30

• Handout #43: read pp. 1-44, 51-55, 62, 67 (skim rest)