CSC103 Weekly Schedule Spring 2012

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Weekly Schedule

Week	Topics	Reading
Week 1 1/30	Monday Introduction to the class and the 1/2 semester Organization of the class a short movie to get the discussion started... some examples of computers: (start at 1min 47sec) Keywords: code: Translating from one system of values to another system. Electricity The Binary System: a system where the only two numbers available are 0 and 1. Every operation that we can do in decimal, with 10 digits, we can also do in binary. The Transistor: A switch controlled by electricity. Two giants for computer science: George Boole (1779-1848): logic expression = boolean expression. Logic: creating formulas where variables are combined by operators. The variables are boolean variables, the operators are logic operators. Any formula can be represented with a combination of just three operators: AND, OR, and NOT. Claude Shannon (1916-2001): writes a Master's thesis at MIT in 1948, which states that any binary numerical computation can be performed using logic expressions and logic operators. Wednesday Review of the binary system Exercises on binary (and other) systems and Logic George Boole (1779-1848): logic expression = boolean expression. Logic: creating formulas where variables are combined by operators. The variables are boolean variables, the operators are logic operators. Any formula can be represented with a combination of just three operators: AND, OR, and NOT. Claude Shannon (1916-2001): writes a Master's thesis at MIT in 1948, which states that any binary numerical computation can be performed using logic expressions and logic operators. Homework #1	Reading Primary: Video (Part 2) on George Boole and Boolean Algebra. (5.18 min) Shannon's MIT Thesis, and boolean theory Counting in Binary Counting in binary for beginners Secondary: DT's Notes
Week 2 2/6	Monday we stopped last week at Shannon's Master's Thesis (MIT). building a 2-bit adder with logic gates. Two-bit adder (verify the equations with this exercise Logic Gates Data sheet for the AND gate. Logic Design Simulator Lab #1 Wednesday Lab #1: Logic Design
Week 3 2/13	Monday: Let's Take-Apart a PC lab. Ford Hall Foyer. Wednesday
Week 4 2/20	Monday Wednesday
Week 5 2/27	Monday Wednesday
Week 6 3/5	Monday Wednesday
Week 7 3/12	Take Home Exam Week
Week 7 3/19	Spring Break