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Module 1 :

Fundamentals of Digital Systems and logic families Digital
signals, digital circuits, AND, OR, NOT, NAND, NOR and Exclusive-OR
operations, Boolean algebra, examples of IC gates, number systems-binary,
signed binary, octal hexadecimal number, binary arithmetic, one’s and two’s
complements arithmetic, codes, error detecting and correcting codes,
characteristics of digital ICs, digital logic families, TTL, Schottky TTL and
CMOS logic, interfacing CMOS and TTL, Tri-state logic.

Module 2:

Combinational Digital Circuits Standard representation for logic
functions, K-map representation, and simplification of logic functions using
K-map, minimization of logical functions. Don’t care conditions,
Multiplexer, De-Multiplexer/Decoders, Adders, Subtractors, BCD
arithmetic, carry look ahead adder, serial adder, ALU, elementary ALU
design, popular MSI chips, digital comparator, parity checker/generator,

code converters, priority encoders, decoders/drivers for display devices, Q-
M method of function realization.

Module 3:

Sequential circuits and systems A 1-bit memory, the circuit
properties of Bistable latch, the clocked SR flip flop, J- K-T and D types flip
flops, applications of flip flops, shift registers, applications of shift registers,
serial to parallel converter, parallel to serial converter, ring counter, sequence
generator, ripple(Asynchronous) counters, synchronous counters, counters
design using flip flops, special counter IC’s, asynchronous sequential
counters, applications of counters

Module 4:

A/D and D/A Converters Digital to analog converters: weighted
resistor/converter, R-2R Ladder D/A converter, specifications for D/A
converters, examples of D/A converter ICs, sample and hold circuit, analog
to digital converters: quantization and encoding, parallel comparator A/D
converter, successive approximation A/D converter, counting A/D
converter, dual slope A/D converter, A/D converter using voltage to
frequency and voltage to time conversion, specifications of A/D converters,
example of A/D converter ICs

Module 5:

Semiconductor memories and Programmable logic devices.
Memory organization and operation, expanding memory size, classification
and characteristics of memories, sequential memory, read only memory
(ROM), read and write memory(RAM), content addressable memory
(CAM), charge de coupled device memory (CCD), commonly used memory
chips, ROM as a PLD, Programmable logic array, Programmable array logic,
complex Programmable logic devices (CPLDS), Field Programmable Gate
Array (FPGA).