ECE 171: Introduction to Digital Circuits

Fall 1999

Rev: 11.31.99

Final Topics

This page lists the topics that may be included on the final.

Logistics

• Please turn off your cell phones and pagers during the exam.
• You are allowed two double-sided pages of notes or four single-sided pages of notes.
• You are allowed to use a calculator.
• Count the number of pages to make sure you have all of them.
• Write your student ID at the top of each sheet. You will lose points this time if you do not do this.

Study Materials

• Book chapters 1-9
• Lecture notes
• Exam topics (for all three exams)
• Homeworks and solutions

Old Topics

The final is comprehensive. For a list of the topics covered previous to Exam 2 please refer to the pages describing the Exam 1 topics and Exam 2 topics.

New Topics

• Latches & Flip Flops
  You should know the latches and flip flops that we discussed in class thoroughly. You should know the symbol, truth table, and be able to generate a timing diagram for each of these devices.
• Counters
  You should be familiar with ripple counters and synchronous counters and know the problems and benefits of using each.
• Registers
  You should know the 4 types of registers, what they do, how they are constructed, and how they work.
• MSI Devices
  You should be able to read and understand a data sheet for an MSI device such as the ones dicsussed in class. From the data sheet you should be able to understand what the device does and what the various features are for the device.