Villanova University
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECE 3450 Digital Electronics
Spring 2016
Dr. Mark A. Jupina
430 Tolentine Hall
(610) 519 – 7561
mark.jupina@villanova.edu
Office Hours: T, Th 9 AM – Noon, or By Appointment
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ECE 3450 Course Rationale
 Provide our students with additional experience
in prototyping and troubleshooting digital
board-level and on-chip applications.
 Students gain additional hardware experience
before the implementation of their senior
capstone project.
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Entrepreneurship Exposure
 One set of exercises this semester will involve
developing an entrepreneurial mindset.
 In this set of exercises, a group of students will
identify a business opportunity, investigate the
market, and create a preliminary business
model for a digitally-based sensor technology.
 Rationale:
Most graduates will become
intrapreneurs, creating value through existing
organizations. Thereby, the entrepreneurial
mindset has value for every engineering grad.
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Introduction
• Syllabus
• Practicums and Projects
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Syllabus
COURSE WEB SITE
http://www.ece.vill.edu/~jupina/ece3450/index.htm
COURSE OBJECTIVES
To understand the properties of digital systems.
To understand how to use computer aided simulation tools to design, analyze and
synthesize digital circuits.
To understand how to prototype and troubleshoot board-level and on-chip applications
and designs involving timers, serial and parallel data circuits, analog/digital conversion
circuits, and field programmable logic device circuits.
TEXTBOOK
Brown and Vranesic, Fundamentals of Digital Logic with VHDL Design, 2nd or 3rd ed., McGrawHill.
ADDITIONAL REFERENCES
1. Tocci, Widmer, and Moss Digital Systems, Principles and Applications, Prentice Hall, 2007.
2. Hamblen, Hall, and Furman, Rapid Prototyping of Digital Systems, SOPC Edition, Springer,
2008.
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Syllabus
OFFICE HOURS
Please do not hesitate to meet with me if you are having difficulty with
any of the material in the course. Besides the posted office hours, I am
more than willing to meet with you at another mutually convenient time.
GRADING
The final grade will be determined as follows.
Assignments:
Electronic Lab Notebook and Lab Performance:
1 Lab Report:
Mid-Term Exam
Lab Final Exam
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EXAMS
Two exams will be given during the semester. A mid-term exam and a final lab
exam will be given. The exams will be based on projects throughout the semester
and will include material from the lectures, assignments, textbook, and
practicums.
ATTENDANCE
Attendance is required for all practicums and will be taken via an attendance
sheet. Permission for an excused absence from a session will be granted only for
the most serious personal emergency. It is solely your responsibility to schedule
with the TA a time to make up work of any excused absence session. Most
importantly, you are NOT permitted to use your partner's results should you miss a
practicum session for any reason. For each unexcused practicum absence, your
final grade will be lowered by 5 points.
RULES OF CONDUCT
Serious violations include late arrival; unsafe practices; eating food, drinking a
beverage, or chewing gum in the laboratory; unauthorized or recreational use of
computers or cell phones; and misuse or abuse of equipment. A serious violation
or repeated minor violations of any rule will result in a deduction of 5 points
from the final grade per offense.
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ASSIGNMENT DEADLINES
The submission deadlines of assignments and lab reports will be announced by the
instructor. Pre-lab assignments will be collected before the start of the
practicum only and will not be accepted after this time period. These
assignments are meant to prepare you for each lab session. A late submission of
a lab report or non-pre-lab assignments will be assessed a 33% penalty per
business week.
ELECTRONIC NOTEBOOK
You are required to maintain an electronic notebook for lab. All entries into the
notebook are to be recorded as the measurements are performed. Various
software tools, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, Matlab, and
Quartus II, will be used to create the electronic work (Cntl-Print Screen can be
used to capture the work). Each page of the notebook is to be dated and
numbered, and an index at the beginning of the notebook should be created. Prelab assignments, calculations, simulations, circuit diagrams, data (tables and
graphs), observations, and conclusions are to be recorded in this electronic
notebook. The final version of the electronic notebook will be an Adobe PDF
file (pdf only, no word doc files accepted) submitted via Blackboard Learn to
the instructor by the due date given at the end of the semester.
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TOPICS
1. Properties of Digital Systems
2. MOS Digital Logic Circuits
3. Programmable Logic Technologies and VHDL
4. Clocks, Schmitt Triggers, 555 Timers, and One-Shots
5. A/D and D/A Conversion
6. State Machines
7. Memory
8. Data Buses and Data Paths
Practicum projects will involve the application of the above topics.
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Digital
Design
Projects
Buses, Clocks, Memory, and FSMs
Properties of Digital Circuits
Synthesis and Simulation Software
Design
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Simulation
Prototyping
Testing
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ECE PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES IN THIS COURSE
FOR ABET
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an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and
engineering.
an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to
analyze and interpret data.
an ability to design a system, component, or process to
meet desired needs.
an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering
problems.
an ability to communicate effectively.
an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern
engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.
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It is the policy of Villanova to make reasonable academic accommodations
for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are a person with a
disability (non-physical) please register with the Learning Support Office
by contacting Learning.support.services@villanova.edu or 610-519-5176 as
soon as possible. Registration is needed in order to receive
accommodations.
The Office of Disability Services collaborates with students, faculty, staff,
and community members to create diverse learning environments that are
usable, equitable, inclusive and sustainable. The ODS provides Villanova
University students with physical disabilities the necessary support to
successfully complete their education and participate in activities available
to all students. If you have a diagnosed disability and plan to utilize
academic accommodations, please contact Gregory Hannah, advisor to
students with disabilities @ 610-519-3209 or visit the office on the second
floor of the Connelly Center.
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As part of this course you are to complete the College of
Engineering Professional Development (PD) requirements
which are detailed here:
http://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/engineering/undergrad/pr
ofessionaldevelopment/juniorDetails.html
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Some Examples of Practicums
and Projects
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Properties of Digital Circuits
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and
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Gnd
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Properties of Digital Circuits
PART I: Voltage Transfer Characteristics and Noise Margins
chan 1
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chan 2
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Properties of Digital Circuits
PART II: Power Supply Current and Power Dissipation
VDD
ISUPPLY
C
Power (mW)
10
1
LSTTL
CMOS
0.1
0.01
0.001
1.00E+03
1.00E+04
1.00E+05
1.00E+06
Frequency (Hz)
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Properties of Digital Circuits
PART III: Average Propagation Delay Time and Power-Delay Product
channel 1
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Layout of a CMOS Circuit
Microwind CAD Generated Drawing
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“Stick” Drawing in Power Point
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The Altera DE2 Development Board
Figure 1.2 The Altera DE2 FPGA Development board.
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SignalTap II Embedded Logic
Analyzer (Altera DE2 Board)
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Required Installation of Quartus II on Laptops
• Go to the studentpublic drive on the \\egrstorage network, find
the altera folder, and download the executable file
91_quartus_free to your laptop’s hard drive. Install the Quartus
II software. The Quartus software can also be found on the
facultypublic-sa drive on the \\egrstorage network under
the ece3450 folder.
• Version 9.1 has a built-in simulation tool. Versions 10 and later
require the use of a third party simulation tool, such as
ModelSim.
• After Installation, run the Quartus II software. Go to the menu
Tools, License Setup, and in the box for License File put the
following 5282@153.104.46.90 so that your laptop can find the
license on the ECE server.
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Design Process for Schematic or
VHDL Entry
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Quartus II Tutorial
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Entrepreneurial Product Design
Sensor
Interface
Digital
Platform
Wireless or Wired?
I2C, SPI, RS-232C,
or GPIO?
Laptop, Tablet, Phone
Transducer Mechanism?
Android, Apple, Arduino,
Specifications:
BeagleBoard, PandaBoard,
Analog or Digital Output
FPGA (Altera or Xlinx),
Data Rate
Raspberry Pi, etc?
Power Requirements
Background on Digital Platforms:
http://www.mathworks.com/hardware-support/home.html?s_tid=hp_mi_hwsupport_0913
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Capacitance Sensor Project
Sports Applications
Tank Application
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variable
frequency
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period
OUTPUT
0 - 99
7-segment displays
or
Figure 1.2 The Altera DE2 FPGA Development board.
555 Timer
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Sonar Sensor Project
(Module Interfaced to a Simple Processor on the Altera Board)
• Polaroid sensor range is six
inches to 35 feet
• 16 cycles at 49KHz
• Listen for return pattern
• Sound travels ~0.9 ms/ft
• Timer and Decoder on
DE2 determines distance
• ALU determines speed
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Block Diagram of
Sonar Sensor Project
SONAR SYSTEM
PROCESSOR
Data Request
FSMs
Data Bus
Registers
ALU
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Data Ready
Y-bits
DATA
Sonar
Circuit
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