Spring 2012

Lecture Section : 2677

 

Lab Sections :  A (2678, B (2679), C (2680) and D (2681)

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CS2204

Haldun Hadimioglu

Office : 10.009 at 2 MetroTech Center (We moved !)

Tel. : (718) 260-3101

Email : haldun at photon dot poly dot edu

Address : Polytechnic Institute of NYU
                   Computer Science and Engineering
                   Six Metrotech Center
                   Brooklyn, New York 11201

• In general, I have an open-door policy.  However,
  
• In most afternoons, I am in my office and can answer questions if I am not busy.  I may have meetings and seminars sometimes.
• Monday and Wednesday afternoons I am free to see students.  
• Please send me email so that I wait for you for a day you would like.

• (1/24/2012) 
• The lectures are in JAB 475

• The labs are in RH 227

All Spring 2012 students must register for the lecture AND a lab section !

• Students who want to register to a closed section in case it happens : Please add your name to the waiting list in CS advisor Ms. Susana Garcia's office, LC241.  
• Often students change their schedule and a closed section becomes open and students on the list register for CS2204.  
• Even, in the first week of the semester a closed section becomes open. Therefore, please keep in touch with Ms. Garcia.

• The textbook : 
• Digital Design Principles and Practices, John F. Wakerly, 4^th edition, Prentice Hall, 2006. ISBN : 0-13-173349-4
• Students who buy used books : The software that is on the CD that comes with the book will not be used.
• However, the software is used by upper level courses and so students are advised that they have the CD of the textbook.

• The lecture and lab schedule for the first week of the semester is as follows :
• The first lecture is on Tuesday, January 24^th, 2011
  
• The first lab session will take place on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, for Lab Section  B

• All spring  2012 registered students : Make sure you are able to access the LABS domain by checking for it in the PC lab on the 7^th floor of the JAB building.  
  

• If you cannot access the LABS domain, first ask the lab monitor to help you.  Then, if you realize you do not have a LABS domain account, please go to Room 337RH and ask that you be given a LABS domain account for the course CS2204.

• The CS 2204 course  is  on digital logic.  Digital logic studies digital circuits.  It covers the theory, analysis and design of digital circuits.  

• Digital logic is the foundation for digital systems, such as microprocessors, computers, calculators, DVD players, iPhones, etc.  That is, todays digital products consist of digital circuits.  

• Examples of real life digital circuits are digital clock, vending machine controller, digital lock, car alarm and digital temperature controller.

• Digital circuits consist of two types of components : gates and flip-flops.  

• Gates change their outputs if an input is changed.  
• We use flip-flops to store bits, one flip-flop for one bit.
  

• There are two types of digital circuits : combinational and sequential circuits.

• Combinational circuits use only gates.  Examples of combinational circuits are adders, car seat alarm and home security circuits.

• Sequential circuits use both gates and flip-flops so that they can remember past inputs.  Most real life circuits are sequential circuits.  Examples of sequential circuits are digital clock, digital lock and vending machine controller.

• The course topic coverage is as follows : 

• Number systems 
• Digital logic theory : fundamentals of combinational and sequential circuits (this is unlike traditional coverage where sequential circuits are covered later in the semester.  We will cover sequential circuits earlier to start the work on the term project earlier)
• Popular digital circuits
  

• There is a term project that will be designed by teams of students.  The term project will be completed by the last day of classes.

• There are six homework assignments on which the exams are based.  The exams also cover the lab work, including the term project
  

• See the handouts below.

 General Handouts :
      - Syllabus (1/24/2012)
             - NYU-Poly Code of Conduct (1/24/2012)
             - NYU-Poly Life page with links to Health+Wellness, Campus Safety, Student Resources and other (1/24/2012)
      - Mathematical Foundation of Digital Circuits (2/7/2012)
      - Digital Circuit Design and Algebraic Simplification Examples (2/7/2012)
      - A Brief Look at the Semiconductor Technology (2/9/2012)

Digilent

Digital Logic Lab Schedule in spring 2012 (Word File)

Lab Session 1
      - Lab 1 Presentation (PowerPoint file) (1/24/2012)

Lab Session 2
      - Lab 2 Presentation (PowerPoint file) (1/30/2012)

Experiment 1 (Lab 3, Lab 4 and Lab 5) 
      - Experiment 1 Lab 3 Presentation (PowerPoint file) (2/7/2012)

Term Project
     - Term Project Description  (1/31/2012)
     - Term Project Check List (1/31/2012)
     - Term project : Human vs. Machine (zipped) (1/31/2012)
     - Human vs. Human Version of the Term Project (zipped) (1/31/2012)
     - Machine vs. Machine Version of the Term Project (zipped) (1/31/2012)

General files
     - Engineering and CS2204 Lab Fundamentals (1/24/2012)
     - Installing Xilinx WebPACK12.4 (PowerPoint file) (1/24/2012)

Digilent XLA-5 FPGA Board Documents (with permission of Digilent Inc.) (1/24/2012)
     - The reference Manual (1/24/2012)
     - The Schematic Diagram (1/24/2012)

1) Students can see the professor and the TAs, about the course, the homework, the simulator and lab experiments.
 

 2) Professor's office hours and contact information :

    - Room : 114LC
      -  Open-door policy
      -  If the door is closed, he might be teaching
      - haldun dot photon dot poly dot edu
      - (718) 260-3101
      - (718) 260-3609 Fax 
 

3) There are labTAs whose names and responsibilities will be announced soon.

5) Students are asked to give feedback about the open lab hours that will be announced in case the hours are not sufficient and/or need to be rescheduled.    
       
           

6) For any problem, students can contact the professor and the TAs.

When short-term problems are encountered in PC labs, students are advised to contact :