Course Introduction

(Lecture #0)

ECE 331 – Digital System Design

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Course Info

Course #: ECE 331 Course Name: Digital Systems Design Course Objective:

To analyze and design combinational and sequential logic circuits.

To write VHDL code to describe and synthesize both types of logic circuits.

Course website: http://ece.gmu.edu/~clorie/Spring11/ECE-331/

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Instructor and TA's

Instructor: Craig Lorie Email: clorie@gmu.edu Phone: (703) 993 – 9616 Office: Nguyen Engineering Bldg., Rm. 3221

TA: Ahmad Salman Email: asalman@gmu.edu

TA: Smriti Gurung Email: sgurung@gmu.edu

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Textbook

Title: Fundamentals of Logic Design Edition: 6th Authors: Charles H. Roth

Larry L. Kinney

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Office Hours

Instructor: Craig Lorie TBA TBA

TA: Ahmad Salman TBA

TA: Smriti Gurung TBA

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The Lab (ECE 332) Labs performed weekly.

A total of eleven labs. Pre-lab must be completed prior to your lab

session. If you fail to complete the pre-lab you will not

be allowed to attend your lab session. Labs are administered by the TA's. ECE 332 must be taken in conjunction with ECE 331

or have been previously completed with a C or better.

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Homework Homework will be assigned on a weekly basis. Homework is due at the beginning of class on

the date specified (generally Wednesday). No late submissions accepted.

You are encouraged to discuss the homework problems with one another.

However, you must submit your own work. Copying solutions is considered cheating.

Homework is essential to the learning process!

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Exams

Two exams during the semester. Third exam during finals week. All exams are closed-book.

No cheat-sheets. No make-up exams.

In the case of an emergency, see me. Notify me in advance (whenever possible) if

a conflict or problem exists.

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Grading

The final grade will be calculated as follows: Homework 10% Exam #1 30% Exam #2 30% Exam #3 30%

The grade for lab (ECE 332) is assigned separately.

The letter grade assignment is described in the syllabus.

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Attendance

Attending class is in your best interest! I will provide supplemental information to that

which is included in the textbook. I will go over a multitude of examples. I will answer questions.

However, attendance in lecture is NOT mandatory.

Attendance in Lab (ECE 332) IS mandatory.

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Email

When emailing me, please format the subject line as follows:

“ECE331 - <last name> <first initial> - <subject>”

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Syllabus

Please see the class syllabus for more details.

(The syllabus can be found on the course webpage)

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Expectations

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You are expected to:

• Attend class (highly recommended).

• Spend a minimum of 9 hours each week outside of class learning the material.

• Read the text book.

• Do the homework.

• Attend the lab and complete all of the lab experiments.

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Questions?