EECE 353: Digital Systems Design

[chip]Jan-Apr, 2013

Lecture: Mon. and Wed., 15:00-16:00, Mcld 202
Tutorial: Fri. 15:00-16:00, Mcld 202

Connect Site (contains handouts and discussion board)

This is a course on the design of real digital systems. Digital systems lie at the heart of almost any electronic system including consumer devices, cell-phones, signal processing systems, computers, biomedical devices, etc. In all of these systems, the "intelligence" of the system is implemented in digital logic. In this course we will talk about these digital systems, and will learn how to design them. More specifically, we'll talk about combinational and sequential logic, datapath design, synchronous and asynchronous circuits, embedded processors, and other related topics.

Much of the design we will do in this course is based on the VHDL Hardware Description Language. We will build on what you already learned in EECE 259 to show how VHDL can be used to specify very large systems.

Please visit the Connect web site for course materials.

If you have problems accessing these handouts, please let the instructor know. The Connect site also contains a discussion board, which you can use to ask questions. Announcements will be posted to the discussion board.

Registration Concerns: If you are having problems registering in the lecture, tutorial, or one of the labs, please email help@ece.ubc.ca with the course name and number in the subject line. This will be faster and more reliable than emailing the instructor directly. If you have questions regarding pre-reqs or more details on what the course will cover, please contact the instructor.