Working with systems 3
DE BS GH
Mr Brian McEniery
3 points * Second semester * 56 hours of lectures/tutorials and practical work * Distance * Prerequisites: GAS2332
Digital logic: combinational logic - logic gates, adders, binary and decimal numbers, decoders, multiplexers. Sequential digital electronics: flip-flops, counters. microcomputer fundamentals: structure - processor, memory, input/output. Bus system. Number systems. Introduction to assembly language. Communication with other devices - parallel, serial, ASCII. Microcomputer-based control: introduction to higher level languages, digital input and output. Discontinuous open and closed loop control. Analogue to digital and digital to analogue converters. Transducers, sensors and actuators. Continuous closed loop control. For Gippsland students, the subject is taught by lectures and laboratory/tutorial sessions supported by study guides. For distance students, there are study guides and readers with compulsory laboratory/tutorial sessions at weekend schools.
Assessment
One three-hour final examination: 70% * Laboratory work: 20% * Assignments: 10%
Recommended texts
Derenzo S E Interfacing Prentice-Hall, 1980
Horowitz P and Hill W The art of electronics CUP, 1980
Stubbins W F Essential electronics Wiley, 1986
Taub H Digital circuits and microprocessors McGraw-Hill, 1982