CSC270 Class Page 2009

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Prof and TA

Dominique Thiébaut email Dept. Computer Science McConnell Hall, 208. Telephone: 3854 Office hours MW 10:30-12:00, W 1-3, and by appointments

The TA for the class is Lei Lei, and her hours and location are available here

Weekly Schedule

Week	Topics	Reading
Week 1 1/26	Monday: Introduction to the semester Syllabus Overview of the class combinational logic (1/4) sequential logic( 1/4) microprocessor logic (1/2) Boolean Algebra Truth tables Boolean functions Wednesday: boolean functions canonical forms: the minterm canonical form exercises examples of schematics from Nasa logic gates and gate (7408) or gate (7432) not gate (7404) Lab #1 Homework #1 and solution	Binary numbers Boolean algebra and Logic Gates Basic theorems Truth tables Boolean functions Canonical forms George Boole
Week 2 2/2	Monday Maxterm canonical form NAND and NOR gates Wednesday Python program to generate a truth table A fully developed example: a majority voter, with 3 inputs, a Majority output, a Fault output, and two Id outputs identifying the faulty input. Introduction to Karnaugh Maps Lab #2 Homework #2 and Solution	Canonical Forms Universal gates: NAND and NOR
Week 3 2/9	Monday Tips and Tricks: counting the number of inversions on a signal path MSI: medium scale integration decoders active-low and active-high signals The 74LS42 decoder Animated 74154 decoder Cascading decoders multiplexers Animated multiplexer Wednesday Do-it-yourself decoder: with/without enable, active-high/active-low signals More decoder cascading Multiplexers (mux) Simplifying functions with multiplexers Lab #3 Homework #3 and solutions	Medium scale integration The decoder The multiplexer Simplifying circuits with decoders or multiplexers
Week 4 2/16	Monday 2/16: Timing diagrams and combinational circuits the concepts of blocking and passing gates Meeting the RS flip-flop A single-input RS flip-flop A single-input, pulsed RS flip-flop The two-stage D flip-flop understanding the D flip-flop the 74LS74 datasheet Exercises 2/18 Rally Day, No Class	Sequential circuits RS Flip-flop D Flip-flop
Week 5 2/23	Monday The D-flip-flop explained (Movie available on YouTube!) A simple GYR sequencer Wednesday Continuation of the GYR sequencer Let's not forget decoders! Debouncing switches and clock signals Python to the rescue! A program to simulate a sequencer Exercises Lab #4 Homework #4 and Solution
Week 6 3/2	Monday: Snow Day Wednesday: Analysis: behavior of a 2-bit sequencer with equations D1 = Q1^Q0, D0=Q1'. Random start, and forced reset A GYR sequencer with an outside input signal. Exercise JK Flipflop Lab #5 Homework #5 and Solution	Sequencers with outside controls The JK flipflop Building sequencers with JK flipflops
Week 7 3/9	3/11 Midterm Exam Midterm Preparation (Note that in Question 5 the Inputs should be labeled I0, I1, and I2. 0 is connected to I2, which is the MSB)
Week 8 3/16
Week 9 3/23	Monday: The 6811 Processor: references The official Motorola 68HC11A8 Data Sheet. Fairly cryptic... A Motorola 6811 Manual. It is a nicely written refresher on many concepts of assembly language applied to the 6811. Check Section 3.2 on addressing modes (inherent, direct, extended, indexed, relative). Get a refresher for the different instruction types (arithmetic, shifts, control, etc) in Section 3.4. The condition code register is covered in Section 3.5. Skip Section 4. M68HC11 Technical Reference, from Motorola. Section 6.5 shows the instructions in logical groups. M68HC11 Pocket Reference. Very useful, on Page 15, a list of all the opcodes supported by the 6811, in numerical (hex) order. 68HC11A8 Technical Reference: a hardware & engineering description. of the 6811, its ports, and how it operates. See Section 10 for a cycle-by-cycle description of the execution of each instruction. See Appendix A, Figure A-14 for the timing diagram of a typical (multiplexed expansion) memory access. 6811 Instruction Set, with hexadecimal opcodes. A reverse map, from hex to instructions can be found here. Wednesday: Lab #6	Read the 6811 Manual for this week. Quiz on Monday 3/30/09 on this material. Crash course on Assembly Language
Week 10 3/30	Monday: Quiz on the information in 6811 Manual (You can skip Section 4)
Week 11 4/6
Week 12 4/13
Week 13 4/20
Week 14 4/27	4/29: 1-week Take-Home Final Exam

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Links and Resources

Programs

• A Python program that generates a truth table.

Software

PSpice 9

• Pspice 9, Student version. An nice alternative to drawing schematics by hand.
• This is a Windows version. (I have tried to make it work under wine/Mac OS X but haven't been able to make it load the libraries correctly)
• Make sure you select the schematics option when installing the software.
• Select Tools/Schematics when starting the editor
• The schematics editor is located in C:\Program Files\OrCAD_Demo\PSpice\PDesign.exe upon installation.
• Download here!
• PSpice Tutorial

Integrated Circuit Data-Sheets

• Java Applets demonstrating most logical gates
• Texas Instruments and Harris Semiconductors' Data Sheet Search Engine
• Fairchild Semiconductors' Data Sheet Search Engine
• 74LS00, 74LS01, 74LS02, 74LS03, 74LS04, 74LS05, 74LS08, 74LS09, 74LS10, 74LS12, 74LS13, 74LS15, 74LS20, 74LS21, 74LS22, 74LS26, 74LS27, 74LS28, 74LS30, 74LS32, 74LS33, 74LS37, 74LS38, 74LS40, 74LS42, 74LS47, 74LS48, 74LS51, 74LS54, 74LS55, 74LS74, 74LS75, 74LS76, 74LS83, 74LS85, 74LS86, 74LS90, 74LS95, 74LS138, 74HCT240, 74LS243, 74HCT244, 74LS259, 74HCT541

• 9368
• 2114 1Kx4 RAM

Motorola 68HC11 Documentation

• Good source of info on the 6811.
• 6811 FAQs.
• The official Motorola | 68HC11A8 Data Sheet. Fairly cryptic...
• A Motorola 6811 Manual. It is a nicely written refresher on many concepts of assembly language applied to the 6811.
  • Check Section 3.2 on addressing modes (inherent, direct, extended, indexed, relative).
  • Get a refresher for the different instruction types (arithmetic, shifts, control, etc) in Section 3.4.
  • The condition code register is covered in Section 3.5.
• M68HC11 Technical Reference, Motorola
  • Section 6.5 shows the instructions in logical groups.
• M68HC11 Pocket Reference.
  • Very useful, on Page 15, a list of all the opcodes supported by the 6811, in numerical (hex) order.
• 68HC11A8 Technical Reference: a hardware and engineering description. of the 6811, its ports, and how it operates.
  • See Section 10 for a cycle-by-cycle description of the execution of each instruction.
  • See Appendix A, Figure A-14 for the timing diagram of a typical (multiplexed expansion) memory access.

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