An advanced course in digital electronics covering sequential logic. Emphasis is placed on application and troubleshooting systems using counters, registers, code converters, multiplexers, analog to digital and digital to analog circuits, and large-scale integrated circuits. A study of diode and bipolar semiconductor devices. Analysis of static and dynamic characteristics, bias techniques, and thermal considerations of small, large and DC coupled signal amplifiers are emphasized. A study of various solid state devices which includes FET, UJT, SCR, triac and diac devices.
Emphasis is placed on application, substitution and modification of circuit parameters.
A basic course in microprocessor hardware, its architecture timing sequences, operation, and programming.