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 This lecture/lab course primarily focuses on digital electronics with some attention to analog electronic applications using linear integrated circuits (e.g., 555 timers and operational amplifiers.) Students explore combinational logic, modular combinational logic, and sequential logic circuits. Opportunities are provided to apply concepts and skills through the solution of practical problems requiring the design and construction of electronic circuits. Students will:
- Develop basic skills in understanding, using, and applying fundamental concepts in digital electronics.
- Differentiate between digital and analog electronics systems and recognize everyday applications that use digital and analog signals.
- Acquire skills in creating and reading schematic drawings and logic diagrams, interpreting digital electronics symbols, understanding Boolean expressions, and simplifying logic expressions.
- Use combinational and sequential logic to solve practical problems by building working models of electronic circuits.
- Safely and efficiently use tools, materials, components, processes, and systems to construct combinational and sequential electronic circuits, solve electronic problems, and troubleshoot circuits.
- Develop strategies and techniques for teaching digital electronics concepts and skills at the middle and high school level.
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Students have experiences with digital electronics fundamentals through lecture and laboratory experiences. Some of the main topics/activities include:
- Numbering systems,
- Integrated circuit manufacturing,
- Use of integrated circuits (e.g., 555 timers, op-amps, logic gates, counters, multiplexers, demultiplexers, shift registers, flip-flops)
- Building and testing digital circuits,
- Combinational and sequential logic circuits,
- Boolean expressions,
- Digital systems,
- Simplifying logic expressions using Karnaugh maps,
- Creating and using logic diagrams and truth tables,
- Use of electronics software for circuit drawing and analysis,
- Digital circuit design, and
- Digital electronics teaching techniques.
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