ECE 2020: Digital System Design (Fall 2024)

Course Information

• Instructor of Record: Samuel Talkington

• Syllabus (PDF)

• Course schedule (PDF)

Lecture slides

• Lecture 0-1 (Digital Logic Signals): PDF

• Lecture 2-3 (Switches, Transistors, and Logic Levels): PDF // Marked

• Lecture 4 (Switching and Transistors): PDF // Marked

• Lecture 5 (Transistors, CMOS Circuits): PDF // Marked

• Lecture 6 (Karnaugh Maps and CMOS review): PDF // Marked

• Lecture 7 (Review Lecture): PDF // Marked

• Lecture 8 (Circuit Timing and Number Systems): PDF // Marked

• Lecture 9 (More Number Systems): PDF // Marked

• $^\dagger$Lecture 10 (Multiplexer Design): PDF

• Lecture 11 (Latches and Flip-Flops): PDF // Marked

• Lecture 12 (Flip-Flops and State Machines): PDF // Marked

• Lecture 13 (Timing and State Machines): PDF // Marked

• Lecture 14 (State Machine Implementation): PDF // Marked

Homework

• HW 1: PDF // Solutions

• HW 2: PDF // Solutions

• HW 3: PDF // Solutions

• HW 4: PDF // Solutions

• Bonus HW: PDF

Exams

• Exam 1: PDF (In-person, 2 hrs)

• Exam 2: PDF (Take-home, 48 hrs)

• Exam 3: PDF (In-person, 2 hrs)

• Redemption Exam: PDF (Take-home, 48 hrs)

• Final Exam: PDF (Take-home, 48 hrs)

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank the following people and organizations for their help in preparing this course:

• Dr. Zhi Jin (Justin) Zhang, assistant professor, University of British Columbia, and PI of the Power Electronics Systems and Informatics Laboratory (PESIL), for his guidance on course content and structure, and for sharing his course materials with me. Several pieces of the content in this course were adapted from his materials.

• Jeungyoon Lee, Ph.D. candidate at Georgia Tech ECE, who was the previous instructor of record for this course. Several pieces of the content in this course were adapted from her materials.

• Dr. Lakshmi Raju for her work in orchestrating the Georgia Tech Supporting Teaching ExpERience (STEER) fellowship program, which made this work possible, and for her guidance throughout the semester.

• Dr. Jacqueline Rohde, for guiding me through the Tech to Teaching program, providing feedback, and helping me refine the course structure and content.

• Dr. Amanda Nolen, for sharing her expertise on course design, helping me design in-class activities, and providing tons of great feedback on the course structure and content.

• The entire team behind EE109 at USC. Some of the content in this course is adapted from their materials.

• The entire team behind the Center for Teaching and Learning, for providing resources and support throughout the semester.

• Kevin Johnson, for his help with setting up the course on Canvas and providing lab support.