Overview of Digital Electronics Training Course

About the Training Course

The course will be presented in an informal and flexible style and interaction will be encouraged to ensure that the course proceeds at the pace and depth appropriate to the audience.

The material will be illustrated by visual, physical and computer simulation examples throughout.

When you register for the course, you will be invited to contact the presenter to indicate your background, your areas of interest and what you want out of the course. The presenter will adapt the course coverage and emphasis to meet the needs of those on the course. PCs will be available to run some illustrative examples.

The course text is colourfully illustrated and gives encouragement for further self-study after the course. It will be complemented by copies of Dr Will Moore’s own notes and slides gleaned from his lifetime experience of electronics and teaching electronics.

All those attending the course will receive a free copy of the latest edition of "Digital Fundamentals" by Thomas L Floyd.

Who is this training course for?

This course is intended for individuals with little prior knowledge of electrical/electronic engineering who want to get a feeling for the subject and for individuals whose knowledge is “rusty” or out of date.

A previous exposure to basic science and maths at school will be assumed; maximum benefit will accrue to those who have attended higher education in a technical subject or who have experience in a related area. 

Typical attendees may include:

• those in jobs which bring them into contact with electronics (such as software engineers, mechanical engineers, drafts persons, PCB designers and production/assembly personnel)
• employees working with electronic products (such as managers and sales persons)
• people coming into electronics from a related field (such as scientists or mathematicians)
• those who are simply curious to find out about this all-pervasive technology

Benefits

• A quick insight into modern digital electronics
• Emphasis on practical devices and systems
• No prior knowledge assumed (but previous exposure to school-level science/maths assumed)
• Can be used as a refresher
• Emphasis & examples will be tailored to needs of delegates
• Hands-on simulations

Training Course Content

This course is intended for individuals with limited prior knowledge of electrical/electronic engineering.

Introduction

Digital and analogue quantities, binary digits, logic levels, logic gates, binary numbers, bytes and words, binary arithmetic.

Digital logic

Inverters, AND gate, OR gate, NAND, NOR, Exclusive-OR, integrated circuits.

Combinational logic

Truth tables, Boolean algebra, the Karnaugh map, DeMorgan's theorem, the universal property of NAND gates.

Applications of combinational logic

Adders, comparators, decoders and encoders, multiplexers and demultiplexers, parity checkers.

Integrated circuit technologies

CMOS circuits, emitter-coupled logic (ECL), gallium asenide (GaAS). Programmable logic devices (PLDs) and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).

Sequential logic

Latches and flip-flops, master-slave and edge-triggered devices, D-types, S-R types and J-K types.

Synchronous logic

Counters, shift registers, the finite state machine (FSM). Implementation with PLDs and FPGAs.

Memory and storage

Random-access memories (RAMs), read-only memories (ROMs), programmable memory (PROMs, EPROMs, Flash). Magnetic and optical storage.

Interfacing

Digital-to-analog converters (DACs), analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and data buses.

Microprocessors

Typical architectures, central processing unit (CPU), programme and data memories, registers, buses, input/output (I/O) ports, the control unit.

About the Lecturer

The course will be presented by Will Moore (PhD, FIEE, etc.) who started his career working as an electronic engineer for British Aerospace. Will then became a lecturer and has taught electronics at Oxford University & Jesus College for longer than he cares to admit. He is also an active consultant and researcher. Will is a dynamic lecturer and particularly enjoys teaching introductory-level courses and interacting with students.

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