Lectures

• Date
  Description
  Course Material
• 01/13/2026
  Tuesday
  Course Overview & Binary

  Course policies

  Slides / Black & White
• 01/15/2026
  Thursday
  Digital Fundamentals
  Slides / Black & White

  Extras:

  • Khan Academy: Converting from dec. to bin.

  • Computerphile: Why Binary?

• 01/20/2026
  Tuesday
  Combinational Logic Basics
  Slides / Black & White

  Extras:

  • Intermation: Sum-of-Products Expressions

  • Videos from Textbook Authors

• 01/27/2026
  Tuesday
  Combinational Logic and Abstract Machines
  Slides / Black & White

  Extras:

  • Intermation: Intro. to Karnaugh Maps

  • Karnaugh Map Solver

  • Videos from Textbook Authors

• 02/03/2026
  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
• 02/10/2026
  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

• 02/24/2026
  Tuesday
  Hardware Description Languages: Basics
  Slides / Black & White
• 03/03/2026
  Tuesday
  Hardware Description Languages: Beyond Basics
  Slides / Black & White

  Extras:

  • SystemVerilog Standard (Free via library)
• 03/17/2026
  Tuesday
• 03/24/2026
  Tuesday
• 03/31/2026
  Tuesday
• 04/07/2026
  Tuesday
• 04/14/2026
  Tuesday
• 04/19/2026
  Sunday
• 04/21/2026
  Tuesday