Lectures

• Date
  Description
  Course Material
• 08/25/2026
  Tuesday
  Course Overview & Binary

  Course policies

  Slides / Black & White
• 08/27/2026
  Thursday
  Digital Fundamentals
  Slides / Black & White

  
  Lecture Recording

  Extras:

  • Khan Academy: Converting from dec. to bin.

  • Computerphile: Why Binary?

• 09/01/2026
  Tuesday
  Combinational Logic Basics
  Slides / Black & White

  
  Lecture Recording

  Extras:

  • Intermation: Sum-of-Products Expressions

  • Videos from Textbook Authors

• 09/08/2026
  Tuesday
  Combinational Logic and Abstract Machines
  Slides / Black & White

  
  Lecture Recording

  Extras:

  • Intermation: Intro. to Karnaugh Maps

  • Karnaugh Map Solver

  • Videos from Textbook Authors

• 09/15/2026
  Tuesday
  Storing Bits and Synchronous Logic
  Slides / Black & White

  Example: * FSM Worksheet * Completed FSM Worksheet * Partial JLS Solution * Prof. Feher's State Machine Example (PDF) * Prof. Feher's State Machine Example (docx)

  Extras:

  • SR Latch Sim (NOR gates)
  • SR Latch Sim (NAND gates)

  • Intermation: Rules for Making K-Map Rectangles

  • Intermation: Intro. to State Machines: Traffic Signal

  • Videos from Textbook Authors
• 09/22/2026
  Tuesday
  State Machines
  Slides / Black & White

  Example:

  Elevator: v1

  Elevator: one hot

  Extras:

  • Zero to ASIC: How does a flip flop work, what is metastability and why does it have setup & hold time?

  • Setup and Hold Time Explained

• 09/29/2026
  Tuesday
  Hardware Description Languages: Basics
  Slides / Black & White

  
  Lecture Recording
• 10/13/2026
  Tuesday
  Hardware Description Languages: Beyond Basics
  Slides / Black & White

  
  Lecture Recording

  Extras:

  • SystemVerilog Standard (Free via library)
• 10/20/2026
  Tuesday
  Computations & Storage
  Slides / Black & White

  Extras:

  • SRAM vs. DRAM
• 10/27/2026
  Tuesday
• 11/03/2026
  Tuesday
• 11/10/2026
  Tuesday
• 11/17/2026
  Tuesday
• 11/24/2026
  Tuesday
• 12/01/2026
  Tuesday