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One of the best courses I took at Texas A&M in the late 80s was a digital logic course. We started with boolean algebra and Karnaugh maps. Next we would draw a
by cicero 12y ago
One of the best courses I took at Texas A&M in the late 80s was a digital logic course. We started with boolean algebra and Karnaugh maps. Next we would draw a schematic for a circuit to implement the logic. After that, we would get out our TTL Data Book, a required textbook for the course, and find the parts we needed to build the circuit. There was a room where you could hand the attendant your parts list, and checkout a breadboard and chips so you could build your circuit. Finally, we would connect the circuit to a scope in the lab and make sure it worked. I loved how the course took us from theory to practical hands-on experience.
- mpyne 12y agoI have the same memories of a UNF required computer lab course in 2002 or so. We were required to learn about flip-flops, various other hardware gates, and using truth tables and clocks to form hardware logic. By the end of the course we had to make a 4-bit breadboard CPU that could handle a couple of operations; a push button acted as the "clock". It was all very simplistic but at the same time I learned an incredible amount about how computer hardware works.