SUNY-Geneseo/Physics & Astronomy

PHYS 230: Digital Electronics

Course Information:

 
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Recent Syllabus Required Course Materials Grading Policy

Readings

Pages listed in bold are directly related to material covered in our course.  Italic are somewhat related, but listed just for fun.  Each row is a continuous set of pages; skipped pages are shown by going to another row.  This link has a list of typos in the text.

Exam 1 Exam 2 Exam 3 / Final
pp 1–9, 10–18 pp 18–23  
pp 33, 33–35 pp 30–32, 36–39 pp 39–41
pp 47–56 pp 45–47  
pp 66–69, 70–71, 71–78, 78–79, 80–82, 82–84, 85 p 79  
     
pp 99–114, 114–115   pp 88–98
pp 116–118, 118–123, 123–125    
pp 126–130    
  pp 132–143  
  pp 146–148, 149 pp 144–146
pp 377–382    
pp 389–392    
p 456    

Laboratory

Exercise 1 (Jan. 28) Exercise 2 (Feb. 4) Exercise 3 (Feb. 11)
Exercise 4 (Feb. 18) Exercise 5 (Feb. 25) and Worksheet Exercise 6 (Mar. 4) and Example solutions
Project A (due Mar. 25) Project B (due Apr. 15) Project C (due May 4)

Homework and Solutions

Solutions to specific homework questions will be posted on request.

Homework 5 Homework 8 Solutions  

Quiz and Exam

Quiz 1 Exam 1 topics Exam 1 Solutions (PDF)
Quiz 2 Exam 2 topics Exam 2 Solutions (PDF)
Choice of Final Type Final topics Final Exam Solutions (both parts)

Handouts

Important Chip Layouts Fundamental Logic Gates Logic Basics Powerpoint
Logic Techniques Powerpoint MUX Chip Layouts Doubling a MUX Twice
Flip Flops and Friends Powerpoint Active High and Low 7-Segment Displays and Packages
Basic Stamp Manual Basic Stamp Handout Applications Powerpoint
Pinout for Trainer Extender Cables Advanced Topics Powerpoint 555 Timer Chip
Adding Circuits Powerpoint Transistors Powerpoint  

Download this Excel spreadsheet for a look at Aliasing.