Coursework Title: Digital system evaluation

Learning outcome$($s$)$:

LO$1$ Define electronic circuit operations and design

LO$2$ Design, analyse and implement finite state machine based digital circuits

Instructions

This coursework requires you to design, implement and evaluate a digital system by applying the knowledge you have gained through the lecture and lab sessions on this topic.

Coursework description

Lab demonstration:

Build a combinational logic circuit, using one of the $3$ ways developed in the second digitai lab, to implement the following function.

$f(C,B,A)=m_0+m_2+$ubrace$(ubrace{)}_3$

$f(C,B,A)={\displaystyle \underset{?}{\overset{?}{}}}m(0,2,3)$

Connect the lower three bits of the divide by $16$ counter $($asynchronous$/$ripple$)$ counter using JK flip flops to one of the circuits' inputs and collect evidence of correct operation for your report.

Increase the clock frequency to demonstrate correct operation at a high frequency.

Carry out the above steps using Logisim environment before moving onto hardware implementation.

Portfolio submission:

In addition to providing evidence of the correct operation of your circuits, you should also compare different circuit designs in terms of $($i$)$ propagation delay, $($ii$)$ cost of components and $($iii$)$ size of components $($approx$.$ transistor count$).$

You may want to consider the class notes, lab sheets and the references given in the reading list for this module.