Digital Electronics & Digital Instruments
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The official GTU curriculum for Digital Electronics & Digital Instruments (subject code DI04064011) as prescribed for RE · Semester 4 divides the course into 6 units, covering 35 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 (DI04064011)Unit 1 Number Systems
- 1.1 Analog Vs Digital
- Introduction of Number Systems – Binary
- Hexadecimal Numbers. 1.2 Conversion of Number from One Number System to Another Number System: Decimal to Other Number Systems and vice versa. 1.3 Conversion of Number between Binary
- Hex. and vice versa. 1.4 Perform binary arithmetical operations -Binary Addition
- Binary Subtraction
- Binary Multiplication
- Binary Division with Examples. 1.5 1’s and 2’s Complement of Binary numbers. 1.6 Binary subtraction using 1’s and 2’s Complement method. 1.7 Concepts of Digital codes
- Non-weighted codes
- Alphanumeric Codes
Unit 2 Logic Gates & Boolean Algebra
- 2.1 Differentiate different logic levels - Concept of Positive Logic and negative Logic Levels
- Logic gates -NOT, AND, OR, NAND, NOR, EX-OR & EX-NOR: Symbol
- Equivalent Circuit & Truth-table. 2.2 NAND as Universal gates - Develop basic gates using NAND gate. 2.3 NOR as Universal gates - Develop basic gates using NOR gate. 2.4 Boolean Logic Operations
- Laws of Boolean Algebra. 2.5 De-Morgan’s Theorems. 2.6 Simplification of given Boolean equations. 2.7 Converting Boolean expressions to logic circuits
Unit 3 Boolean Function Implementation
- 3.1 Boolean Expression: Need for simplification. 3.2 Sum of Product (SOP) expressions and examples. 3.3 Product of Sum (POS) expressions and examples. 3.4Simplification by Karnaugh map method: 2 variable K-map
- 3 variable K-map. 3.54-variable K-map and Don’t-Care conditions 05 15 % GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Program Name: Diploma Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Renewable Energy Subject Code: DI04064011 Subject Name: Digital Electronics & Digital Instruments w.e.f. 2025-26 http://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/ Page 3 of 10 (Basic Problems)
Unit 4 Basic Combinational Circuits
- Arithmetic and Logical Combinational Circuits: Block diagram
- Logic diagram
- truth table and working: 4.1 Half Adder
- Full Adder 4.2 Half Subtractor
- Full Subtractor Data Transmission Combinational Circuit: 4.3 Multiplexers (Data Selectors) - 2 to 1 Mux, 4 to 1 Mux, 4.4 Multiplexers (Data Selectors) - 8 to 1 Mux, Applications. 4.5 Demultiplexer (Data Distributors): 1-2
- 1-8 Demultiplexer. 4.6 Encoder: Octal to Binary (8 to 3) & Decimal to BCD Encoder. 4.7 Decoder: 2 to 4 Decoder
- 3 to 8 Decoder. 4.8 Decoder: BCD to Seven Segment Decoder
Unit 5 Sequential Circuits
- 5.1 Introduction to Sequential Circuits
- Comparison between Combinational and Sequential Circuit. 5.2 Types of Flip-flops :- SR, D, T, JK, Master Slave JK Flip Flop 5.3 Explain the working of various Flip Flops with the help of truth table. 5.4 Applications of Flip-flops
- Use of flip-flops or latches to store data
- act as a memory device or transfer data through a shift register. 5.5 Describe the working of various types of shift registers. 5.6 4-bit Shift Register: Serial-In
- Serial-Out Shift Register
- Parallel-Out Shift Register
- Parallel-Out Shift Register using D flip flops. 5.9 Applications of Shift Registers. 5.10 Counters: Classification of Counters
- Comparison between Asynchronous and Synchronous counters. 5.11 Four-bit Decade counter: Block diagram using JK flip-flops
- truth table
- timing diagram and working
Unit 6 A to D And D to A Converters
- 6.1 Understand Analog to Digital and Digital to Analog Converters. 6.2 List the different types of A to D and D to A converters. 6.3A to D converter specifications: Resolution
- settling time. 6.4 Describe the working of various types of A to D Converters & necessity of A to D converters. 6.5 D to A converter specifications: Resolution
- settling time. 6.6 Describe the working of various types of D to A converters & necessity of D to A converters