Study Guide

Objective

Have an understanding of binary logic and truth tables as well as knowledge of logical circuits and components.
Master the principles of design and simulation of simple digital circuits and have general knowledge of microcontroller programming at binary level.

Content

Number systems, codes and number conversion.
Logical algebra and gate circuits.
Logical functions and combinatorics.
Locking signals.
Circuit reduction with Karnaugh diagram.
Digital flip-flops.
555's internal function and its applications.
The basics of microcontroller technology.
Low level programming in Assembler.

Qualifications

No prerequisites.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Knowledge about the most basic binary logic and truth tables.
Knowledge about the most elementary logic circuits and components.
Knowledge about the basic principles for the design and simulation of simple digital circuits.
Possesses general basic knowledge of processors and programming.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Is well acquainted with binary logic and truth tables.
Have a good knowledge of logical circuits, components and their characteristic properties.
Have a good knowledge of how to design and simulate simple digital circuits.
Have a good understanding of the basic processor technology and can apply the principles of creating simple programs.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Has an excellent understanding of Boolean logic.
Has excellent insight into logic circuits, components and their characteristic properties.
Can independently design and simulate digital circuitry.
Has excellent understanding of the basic processor technology and can independently create simple programs.

Materials

Own material on Moodle.
Relevant teaching materials and reference documents.