Advanced Digital Systems

General

Course Contents

1. Latch, Flip/Flop
2. Shift registers
3. Asynchronous and synchronous counters
4. Moore and Mealy circuits
5. Mealy circuits synthesis: state assignment and coding
6. State elimination of redundant states
7. Asynchronous circuits analysis
8. Asynchronous circuits synthesis
9. Races and hazards
10. Simulation of combinational circuits
11. Assembly and testing of digital circuits
12. Digital circuits optimization

Educational Goals

KNOWLEDGE
Functionality of the digital sequential electronics building blocks
Applications of the digital electronics building blocks
ABILITIES
Synthesis of sequential digital circuits
Simulation of advanced digital electronic circuits
Identification, analysis, design and implementation of applied advanced digital circuits

General Skills

Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using corresponding technologies, Adaptation to new situations, Independent work, Teamwork – distribution of responsibilities.

Teaching Methods

Lectures, Exercises, Online guidance, Projected presentations, E-mail communication, Social networks, Online synchronous and asynchronous teaching platform (moodle).

Students Evaluation

Assessment language: English / Greek
Final Written Examinations (50%)
Written Test of Progress in Binary System, Boolean Logic Gates And Algebra (25%)
Presentation of Work to An Audience (25%)
Evaluation criteria:
Ability to identify and describe the operation / applications of digital electronic devices
– Ability to solve digital circuit exercises
– Digital circuit simulation skills
– Skills of assignment preparation and presentation

Recommended Bibliography

Microelectronic Circuits, Sedra Adel, Smith Kenneth, Tony Chan Carusone and Vincent Gaudet, 8th Edition, ISBN-10: 0190853506, 2020
Digital Electronics Principles and Applications, Roger L. Tokheim, Patrick E. Hoppe, 9th Edition, ISBN-10: 1260597865, 2021
Digital Electronics: A Practical Approach, W. Kleitz, 9th Edition, ISBN-10: 1292025611, 2013
Microelectronic Circuit Design, Jaeger Richard – Blalock Travis, 5th Edition, ISBN-10: 0073529605, 2015