Digital Systems From Logic Gates to Processors

This course gives you a complete insight into the modern design of digital systems fundamentals from an eminently practical point of view. Unlike other more “classic” digital circuits courses, our interest focuses more on the system than on the electronics that support it. This approach will allow us to lay the foundation for the design of complex digital systems.You will learn a set of design methodologies and will use a set of (educational-oriented) computer-aided-design tools (CAD) that will allow you not only to design small and medium size circuits, but also to access to higher level courses covering so exciting topics as application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) design or computer architecture, to give just two examples.

Course topics are complemented with the design of a simple processor, introduced as a transversal example of a complex digital system. This example will let you understand and feel comfortable with some fundamental computer architecture terms as the instruction set, microprograms and microinstructions.

After completing this course you will be able to:

• Design medium complexity digital systems.
• Understand the description of digital systems using high-level languages such as VHDL.
• Understand how computers operate at their most basic level (machine language).

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Syllabus

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week 1
All you need to know to start the course
Previous knowledge: A review
What Digital Systems are?
Week 2
Combinational Circuits (I)
VerilUOC_Desktop tools
Week 3
Combinational circuits (II)
Week 4
Arithmetic components + Introduction to VHDL
Week 5
Sequential circuits (I)
Week 6
Sequential circuits (II)
Week 7
Sequential circuits III and Finite State Machines
Week 8
Implementation of digital systems
COURSE SUMMARY AND FAREWELL

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Reviews

Excellent course. Concepts are explained clearly by taking practical examples, must learn course for ECE students

The course goes from a logic gate level to that of a processor in a smooth manner covering many concepts enroute

This is a very good course for experts as well as beginners . Quiz assignments were very challenging . I like the concept of practice and solved quiz

The Course is interesting and the assignments are challenging which allows the learners to gain great insight into the digital system design.