GSE3802

Digital electronics and computers II

(ENG)

G Chetty

5 points + 39 lecture/tutorial hours and 26 laboratory hours + First semester + Gippsland/distance + Prerequisite: GEG2533

Synopsis: Digital circuits - comparison of and interfacing between integrated circuit logic families (TTL, ECL, MOS, etc). Sequential circuits including semiconductor memories, design of sequential circuits (shift register, synchronous and asynchronous counters, pulse and timing circuits). Microprocessors and microcomputers - assemblers and cross assemblers, parallel and serial input/output, interrupt systems, vectored and polled interrupts, programmed I/O operation using handshake, direct memory access, with 8 bit 68HCII microcontroller.

Assessment: Examination: 60% + Laboratory: 30% + Assignments: 10%