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CS151: Digital Design

Course Guide

Sarab Al MuhaidebPrince Sultan University,

College for Women


Outline

Course Description Course Objectives Course Resources Course Calendar Instructor Location & Office Hours Course Policies Major Exams & Final Exam Overall Assessment How to Study for Course


Course Description

CS 151 : Introduction to Digital Design.Credit Hours: 3.Prerequisite: CS 101.Course Home Page:

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What is this course about?

Digital design is concerned with the design of digital electronic circuits.

Digital circuits are employed in the design and construction of digital systems such as computers, data communication, digital recording , and many other applications.

This course presents the basic tools for the design of digital circuits and provides the fundamental concepts used in the design of digital systems.


Why Study Digital Design?We live in the digital age.Computers form an

integral part of almost every aspect of our lives, they deserve study!

Learn basic concepts for designing digital hardware; the building block of digital systems.


Course Objectives

Present the various binary systems suitable for representing information in digital systems.

Introduce logic gates and basic concepts for designing gate circuits, Boolean algebra, Karnough maps and map simplification techniques.

Combinational circuit analysis and design.Sequential circuit concepts and design.


Textbook

Logic and Computer Design FundamentalsBy Morris Mano and Charles Kime

3rd Edition

Additional Reference:"Digital Design" by M. Mano, Prentice Hall, 2001.


Course Calendar

Major I Exam: Monday November 5th , 2007 [8:00-9:15].

Major II Exam: Monday December 10th , 2007 [8:00-9:15].

Quizzes: Quiz 1: Wednesday September 26th, 2007. Quiz 2: Sunday October 28th, 2007. Quiz 3: Wednesday November 28th, 2007.

Final Exam: During period 21 January – 31 January 2008.


Instructor Location & Office Hours

Mrs. Sarab Almuhaideb. Office: W357 Phone: 4535189 Ext.# 711 Email: [email protected]

Office Hours: SAT , MON 10:00 – 10:50,TUES 12:00 – 12:50, (or by appointment)

mailto:[email protected]?subject=CS%20151


Course Policies

1. Students must regularly come to class to participate in class activities and discussions.

2. If a student was absent in any lecture, then she is expected to read the lecture material and is welcomed for any specific question she may has.

3. There will be weekly tutorial problems.


Homework assignments must be done individually. We do not expect to see two homework assignments that look identical.

Homeworks are due by the start of class on the listed due dates.

Late assignments will not be accepted for any reason.

This course adopts the drop-the-lowest policy for assignments and quizzes.

Course Policies (Assignments/Quizzes)


Major Exam (20%)/ Final Exam (35%)

Each Major Exam is worth 20%. Details will be announced in the course website.

No Make-Exams.Final exam is worth 35%. The

final exam will be cumulative .


Quizzes10%

Major Exam #120%

Major Exam #220%

Lab5%

Final Exam35%

Homework10%

Overall Assessment


How to Study for this Course

Lectures: Attend, Listen and Participate.

Tutorials: Prepare, Participate.Read the chapter after the lecture.Try to do most of the Review

Questions in each chapter. Think Critically – ask questions, make

notes, and reflect on material.

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