ELE335
Digital Systems Design (Level: 5 Credits: 15)

(same as ELB3335 'Digital Systems Design for students on BUPT joint degree programmes)

This module provides a basic understanding of the principles of large digital system design using the knowledge of combinational and sequential logic design gained in the prerequisite module ELE202 Digital Circuit Design. The module also uses the Xilinx® Field Programmable Gate Arrays and associated design tools for the laboratory design work.

The module aims to give participants a basic understanding of the design principles for large digital systems such as microprocessors incorporating logic modules, arithmetic units, registers, memories etc.

The module includes: Review of basic combinational logic circuits. Combinational system components - adders, multipliers, the arithmetic-logic unit, gate arrays, shifters, ROM. Floating point arithmetic. Review of sequential circuits - latches and flip flops, counters, registers, memory. Data paths. Design of microprogrammed controller. CPU and microprocessor design.