CETT-1425 Digital Fundamentals


Jesus Casas

Credit Fall 2025


Section(s)

CETT-1425-005 (20043)
LEC TuTh 4:00pm - 5:20pm RRC RRC2 2209.00

LAB TuTh 5:20pm - 6:40pm RRC RRC2 2209.00

Course Requirements

An Adafruit Parts Pal (Product ID: 2975) will be needed.  This parts kit needs to be brought to class every day.


Readings

The student is not required to read any material prior to starting class.


Course Subjects

Introduction

Number Systems and Codes

Describing Logic Circuits (lab assignment)

Designing Logic Circuits (lab assignment)

Cedar Logic Simulator (lab assignment)

Arithmetic Operations (lab assignment)

Chips and CMOS (lab assignment)

PLDs, CPLDs, FPGAs, and VHDL

Basys 2

Clock Signals (lab assignment)

LCDs (lab assignment)

Flip-Flops (lab assignment)

Counters (lab assignment)

Encoders, Decoders, Muxs, and Demuxs

Multiplexing

ADC (lab assignment)

DAC

Memory


Student Learning Outcomes/Learning Objectives

Upon completing this course the student should:
a. Have a strong knowledge of digital electronics.
b. State the functionality of basic logic gates, be able to represent digital circuits as Boolean expressions, and be able to design basic combinational and sequential circuits.
c. Be able to perform basic digital circuit analysis using simulation software.
d. Be able to describe the differences between PLDs, CPLDs, and FPGAs and be able to identify Hardware Description Language ( HDL) programs.


Office Hours

M W 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM RRC2209

NOTE

T Th 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM RRC2209

NOTE

Published: 07/29/2025 07:06:02