CE 3101 - Digital Electronics and Computer Interfacing

• Analyze and design circuits using first, second, and third approximation diode models
• Analyze and design BJT logic circuits
• Analyze and design NMOS and CMOS logic circuits
• Describe, use, and mix the standard 7400, 74LS00, 74HC00, and CD4000 logic families
• Design, simulate, and test signal conditioning circuits and filters used to interface analog sensors to a computer
• Design simulate, and test interface circuits for small and large DC loads

• Basic circuit elements including resistance, inductance, capacitance, as well as current and voltage sources
• Circuit analysis techniques including Ohm’s Law, Kirchoff’s Laws, nodal analysis, and power calculation
• Ideal op-amp terminal characteristics

• Physical structure of the diode, BJT, and MOSFET semiconductor devices 
• I-V characteristics of the diode, BJT, and MOSFET semiconductor devices 
• Nodal and mesh analysis with diode, BJT, and MOSFET approximation models 
• Resistor-transistor logic gates (RTL)
• Transistor-transistor logic gates (TTL)
• MOSFET depletion mode logic gates (NMOS)
• Complementary MOSFET logic gates (CMOS) 
• Electrical and timing characterstics of standard 7400 and CD4000 logic families
• Operational amplifier circuits for inverting, non-inverting, summation, and difference
• Linear mapping of sensor output to analog-to-digital converter input envelope  
• First and second order operational amplifier circuits for low-pass, high-pass, and bandpass filtering. 
• Buffer, transistor, and opto-isolation models for small and large DC loads. 
• PSPICE for semiconductor circuit simulation

• Simulate, instrument, and measure semiconductor device characteristics
• Design, simulate, instrument, and measure logic gates fabricated using discrete semiconductor components. 
• Design, simulate, instrument, and measure analog sensor signal conditioning circuits. 
• Design, simulate, instrument, and measure buffer, transistor, and opto-isolator circuits for interfacing small and large DC loads to a computer.