EE2004 + EE2004L Digital Electronics

Semester of Undertaking: semester 1 2016/2017

Lecture professor(s): Er Meng Joo, Soh Cheong Boon

Mode of Instruction: LAMS videos

Course Structure

Digital Fundamentals
Digital Circuits
Combinational Logic Principles:switching algebra, combinational Circuit analysis, Combinational Circuit Synthesis
Combinational Logic Circuits: Minimisation Methods, Combinational PLDs, Decoders and Encoders, Multiplexers, Parity Circuits, Comparators, Adders
Feedback in Digital Circuits
Latches and Flip-Flops
Sequential Circuits
Design of Sequential Circuits
Timing and Synchronisation
Counters, Shift Registers and Memory

Assessment Structure

5% Lab 1

5% Lab 2
5% Lab 3

5% Homework Assignment

10% 50 minutes 10 Questions Computerised OASIS Quiz 1
10% 50 minutes 10 Questions Computerised OASIS Quiz 2

60% Final Paper

Finals Paper Structure

Wildly different year to year.

Lab

L2004A: Combinational Logic Circuits

L2004B: Counters and Shift Registers
L2004C: Logic Circuit Simulation

Grading: Breadboarding, combinational and sequential circuit designing.

To prepare: Read throug and attempt to solve lab manuals thoroughly (1 to 2 hours of work) before lab sessions. Google concepts foreign to you. Split the reading with your lab partner a few days earlier to make work easier. No need to have used any of the lab equipments or a breadboard before. You will be briefed on how to do things on the day itself.

To score: When at the lab, work fast and do not stop until you are done. Ask for help quickly from the lab technicians when you need it.

Textbook Content Match

Textbook Title: Digital Design: Principles and Practices 4th Edition
Author: Charles K. John F. Wakerly
E-book Availability: 4th edition is impossible to find. 3rd edition easily searchable on Google. Hard copy $20 on Carousell.
Textbook Match: 50%
Textbook Match is my own opinion on how useful the recommended text is. A comprehensive textbook might get a low Textbook Match score if the presented information is superfluous for the course. Generally, a higher score means I've used the textbook more often.

Recommended Pre-Semester Effort

EE2001 + EE2001L Circuit Analysis

Semester of Undertaking: semester 1 2016/2017

Lecture professor(s): Er Meng Joo, Soh Cheong Boon

Mode of Instruction: Live Lectures, Recorded Lectures

Course Structure

First Half of Semester
Circuit Theorems

Energy Storage Elements and Transient Response

Laplace Transforms in Circuit Analysis

Second Half of Semester
Network Functions and Two-port Networks

AC Circuits

Three-phase Circuits

Assessment Structure

5% Lab 1

5% Lab 2

5% Homework Assignment 1

5% Homework Assignment 2

20% 1 Hour Computerised Quiz

60% Final Paper

Finals Structure

4 questions in total:
2 questions on solving second order circuits in time or Laplace domain
1 question on network functions and two-port networks
1 question on AC circuits and three-phase circuits

Lab

L2001A: Circuit Theorems and Time Responses of Passive Networks

L2001B: Two-Port Network Parameters and Transient Response of a General Second-Order Circuit

Grading: Lab bench skills such as breadboarding, operation of digital oscilloscope and function generator. You get the highest possible mark when you finish all experiments perfectly within the duration of the lab session.

To prepare: Read through and attempt to solve lab manuals thoroughly (1 to 2 hours of work) before lab sessions. Split the reading with your lab partner a few days earlier to make work easier. No need to have used any of the lab equipments or a breadboard before. You will be briefed on how to do things on the day itself.

To score: When at the lab, work fast and do not stop until you are done. Ask for help quickly from the lab technicians when you need it. 

Textbook Content Match

Textbook Title: Fundamentals of Electric Circuits 5th Edition
Author: Charles K. Alexander and Matthew N. O. Sadiku
E-book Availability: Easy to find with Google
Textbook match: 70% of EE2001

Course Structure		Textbook
		Chapter Title		Importance
Circuit Theorems	Basic Concepts	1	Basic Concepts	High
	Basic Laws	2	Basic Laws	High
	Methods of Analysis	3	Methods of Analysis	High
	Circuit Theorems	4	Circuit Theorems	High
	Operational Amplifiers	5	Operational Amplifiers	Low. Just know the basic rules of amplifiers
Energy Storage Elements and Transient Response	Energy Storage Elements	6	Capacitors and Inductors	High
		13	Magnetically Coupled Circuits	Very Low
	First- Order Circuits	7	First-Order Circuits	High
	Second-Order Circuits	8	Second-Order Circuits	High
Laplace Transforms in Circuit Analysis	Fundamentals of Laplace Transform	15	Laplace Transform	Taught concurrently in EE2006
	Laplace Transform in Circuit Analysis	16	Applications of Laplace Transform
Network Functions and Two-Port Networks	Network Functions	Poorly covered by textbook. Network Functions: Transfer Function. Poles and Zeros. Time Domain Response from Pole-Zero Plot. Poles and Stability. Transfer Function and Impulse Response. Transfer Function and Step Response. Two Port Networks: Admittance. Impedance. Hybrid. Transmission.
	Two Port Networks
AC Circuits	Sinusoids and Phasors	9	Sinusoids and Phasors	High
	Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis	10	Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis	High
	AC Power Circuits	11	AC Power Circuits	High
Three-Phase Circuits	Three-Phase Circuits	12	Three-Phase Circuits	High

Recommended Pre-Semester Effort

Easy

Read textbook chapters 1 and 2.

Read textbook and do all textbook practice questions for chapters 3 and 4.

Should take about 20 hours across 2 weeks.

KCL, KVL, nodal and mesh analysis should be easy to wield before school starts.

Medium

Easy + read textbook and do at least 50% of the textbook practice questions for chapters 6 to 8.

Read through chapter 5 to sieve out the properties of op amps.

Should take about 60 hours across 4 weeks.

Should be capable of solving second-order circuits in time domain before school starts.

Do and redo questions from chapter 8 every week to retain and strengthen what you have learnt.

Hard

Medium + read and do at least 50% of the text book practice questions for chapters 15 and 16.

Should take about 90 hours across 4 weeks.

Should be capable of solving second-order circuits in time domain and Laplace domain before school starts.