Course Catalog 2007-2008

TKT-1236 DIGITAL SYSTEMS LABORATORY, 3 cr
Digital Systems Laboratory

Courses persons responsible
Raimo Mäkelä

Lecturers
Matti Haavisto
Raimo Mäkelä

Implementations
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture - - - - 1 h/week -
Exercise work - - - - 12 h/week -
Exam  
(Timetable for academic year 2007-2008)

Objectives
The objectives of the course are to get students familiar with the analog phenomena in digital circuits and the measuring instruments used in the measurements of digital circuits.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. - Measuring of circuits by using logic analyzer  - Knowledge about the memories and data busses of processors  - HP 1673G Logic analyzer 
2. - Propagation delay, rise and fall times in digital circuits
- Inverter characteristics
- Rise and fall time measurements with oscilloscope
- Effects of changes in supply voltage and output load 
- CMOS logic families  - Agilent 54622D Mixed Signal Oscilloscope 
3. - Inductive phenomena in supply wires       
4. - Noise margins
- Output resistance
- Effects of resistive loading 
     
5. - Power dissipation in digital circuits       

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

  • Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    TKT-1100 TKT-1100 Basic Digital Circuits 3 Recommendable
    TKT-1110 TKT-1110 Microprocessors 5 Recommendable

    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Remarks

  • Partial passing of course must be in connection with the same round of implementation.

  • Distance learning

  • ITC utilized during the course

  • - In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
    - In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc
    - The course utilizes a learning platform, which? Moodle

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Assignments 80
    Total sum 80

    Correspondence of content
    8404210 Digital Systems Laboratory

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    Last modified 24.01.2007
    Modified byRaimo Mäkelä