Introduction to Boolean algebra and its application in digital systems. Overview of the fundamentals of microelectronics, microelectronic components and computation methods. Overview of logic families. Introduction to hardware description language VHDL, its application in modelling digital systems. Presentation of logic functions; exact and heuristic optimisation methods. Brief overview of multi-valued logic and its application. Sequential systems, storage elements, state machines. Implementation and optimisation of state machines. Overview of complex digital systems and design methodologies.
Lecturer: Peeter Ellervee, PhD |