Course Outline

On successful completion of this course students should be able to:

• Understand the basic principles of resistor, capacitors and inductance
• Understand the basic semiconductor elements
• Understand and use basic measuring instruments
• Understand the DC and AC current circuits
• Practice arithmetic computations in binary numbering system.
• Explain the basic operations and theorems of Boolean algebra.
•  Apply rules of Boolean algebra to simplify Boolean expressions.
•  Explain how to translate Boolean expressions into equivalent truth tables and logic gate implementations.
• Design efficient combinational and sequential logic circuit implementations from functional description of digital
• Systems.

• The course has three hours of lectures in a week mainly held in the class.
• There is no lab works or tutorials.

• There is one written midterm exam and one written final exam.
• The exams are conducted as a written exam.
• Class attendance is compulsory.
• Lecture notes are available on the course web site.

• Course related materials will be posted on the course web site.
• Students are encouraged to use internet to search for various related topics. Lecture notes, assignments, and
• announcements will be posted on the course's web site.

Text Book:

1. Understanding Electronics by Jonathan Baumgardner, LumiDax Electronics LLC, 2014
2. Digital Electronics by Anil K. Maini, John Wiley &sons, 2007

• Each student can have only one make-up exam. One who misses an exam should provide a medical report within 3 days after the missed exam.
• The make-up exam will be organized at the end of the term after the finals and will cover all the topics.
• No make-up will be given for any quiz, project, presentation or assignment.
• Once the grades are announced, the students have only one week to do objection about their grades.
• It is the students' responsibility to follow the announcement in the course web site.

• Students are expected to have a computer hardware background at minimum undergraduate level for registering the course.
• Students who lack an official proof (such as undergraduate transcript) of the required academic background must acquire a written permission from the course instructor for registering the course.