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\newcommand\textBookTitle{Fundamentals of Digital Logic with VHDL Design, 2nd or 3rd or 4th edition}
\newcommand\textBookAuth{Brown, Stephen and Vranesic, Zvonko}
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\newcommand\catalogDesc{Digital logic families with primary emphasis on external electrical characteristics of the logic devices. Applications and designs at the board-level, involving topics such as series/parallel conversion and analog/digital conversion.}
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08/25/2025 & Syllabus;  Properties of Digital Systems\\
08/27/2025 & Practicum 1, Part I – VLs and NMs\\
09/03/2025 & Practicum 1, Part II – Power Dissipation\\
09/08/2025 & Practicum 1, Part III – Speed and PDP\\
09/10/2025 & Practicum 1, Finish up measurements; MOS Digital Logic Circuits\\
09/15/2025 & MOS Digital Logic Circuits\\
09/17/2025 & Practicum 2 – CMOS Circuit Layout\\
09/22/2025 & Programmable Logic Technologies and VHDL; Practicum 3 – DE10 and Modelsim Tutorials\\
09/24/2025 & Practicum 3 – DE10 and Modelsim Tutorials; Practicum 4 – VHDL Coding and Simulation\\
09/29/2025 & Practicum 4 – VHDL Coding and Simulation\\
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10/06/2025 & Midterm Exam Review\\
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10/22/2025 & Practicum 5 – Reaction Timer (Design Work)\\
10/27/2025 & Practicum 5 – Reaction Timer (Design Work and Implementation)\\
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11/19/2025 & Practicum 7 – Synthesized Source (Implementation)\\
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12/03/2025 & Practicum 8 – Cadence Virtuoso and Synopsis CAD Tools\\
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