Digital Electronics and its applications
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The official GTU curriculum for Digital Electronics and its applications (subject code 2142406) as prescribed for PE · Semester 4 divides the course into 6 units, covering 14 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2142406)Unit 1 Number Systems and Boolean Algebra
- Introduction – Decimal numbers – Binary numbers – Octal and Hexadecimal numbers – Number Base Conversion – Complements – Binary Codes – Binary storage and registers – Basic applications in electronics – Binary logic – Integrated circuits Basic definitions – Axiomatic definition of Boolean Algebra – Basic theorems and properties – Canonical & Standard forms – Conversions between canonical forms – Logic operations – Digital logic gates
- IC digital logic families
Unit 2 Simplification of Boolean Functions
- Map method – Two, three
- five and six variable maps – Product of Sums and Sum of Products – NAND and NOR implementation – Don’t-Care conditions – The tabulation method
Unit 3 Combinational Logic
- Half and full Adder – Half and full Subtractor – BCD to excess-3 code conversion – Universal gates Binary parallel adder – Decimal adder – Magnitude comparator – Encoders & Decoders – Multiplexers – Demultiplexer – ROM – Programmable Logic Arrays (PLA) Applications of encoder
- multiplexer and demultiplexer
Unit 4 Sequential Logic and Circuits
- Basic difference between Combinational logic and Sequential logic – Flip-Flops – Triggering of flip-flops - Analysis of clocked sequential circuits – State reduction and assignment – Excitation tables for flip- flops – State machine Design of Sequential Circuits and Counters – Application of Flip- Flops in data Storage Registers – Shift registers – Ripple and Synchronous counters – Generation of timing signals for control unit - Applications
Unit 5 Memory
- Requirements – Classification – Organization and operation
- Reading & Writing – ROM, PROM
- EEPROM, RAM, SDRAM
- Serial and Parallel memories – Various magnetic memories – Applications
Unit 6 Processor Organization and Control Logic
- Concept of register transfer level – Processor organization: Bus organization
- Scratchpad memory
- Accumulator Register – ALU Status register – Processor unit – Control organization – Microprogram control – Control of processor unit – PLA control