Instructor:	Robert Becker -- "Mr. B"
Office:	913 SEO Office Hours
Office Phone:	(312) 996-5453
email:	robert@uic.edu
Call Number:	41458
Room:	F1 LC
Time:	4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday
Credit hours:	3 hours undergraduate / 4 hours graduate
Prerequisite:	ECE 220 or PHYS 142 for non-ECE students and a grade C or better in ECE 265 or a grade C or better in CS 366.
Text:	Digital Design, 3rd Edition, by M. Morris Mano Prentice Hall, 2002.
Grading:	Homework = 15% Midterm = 35% Final Exam = 50% ____________ _______ Total = 100%
Homework:	(Most) Homework will be collected. Solutions will be provided.
Topics covered:	Switching Algebra Combination Circuits Minimization Techniques Quine-McCluskey, Binary Decision Diagrams Mux-based, ROM-based, and PLA-based Design Synchronous and Asynchronous Sequential Circuits (minimization, hazard and races, state assignments, re-timing) Fault Analysis and Timing Bus Logic and Tri-state Logic Introduction to HDL (Hardware Description Language)