This course is intended for the study of the basic knowledge (key terms, operating principles, typical applications), related to digital signals and various components used in digital electronics devices and computers. The main topics of the course: types of electrical signals, binary numbers arithmetic’s, logic algebra and its functions, logic function (LF) minimization methods, synthesis and analysis of combination-type schematics, the basic elements of sequential type digital schemes, the overall structure of computer architecture, the basic concepts of computers — algorithm, command, software, operand, address, operating system.
Course contents:
- Types of electric signals – analogue, discrete, quantized, digital
- Binary number arithmetics, hexadecimal number system
- Logic (Boolean) algebra and its functions
- Shannon theorem, logic functions` canonical forms DNF and CNF
- Logic functions minimization methods, Quine-McCluskey method, Karnaugh maps
- Basic logic functions and logic gates
- Synthesis and analysis of combination-type logic circuits, typical combinational logic circuits
- Sequential type logic circuits, flip-flop gates, registers, and counters
- General computer architecture, basic hardware concepts — algorithm, command, program, operand, address, operating system
