El E 335 Principles of Digital Systems

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El E 335 Principles of Digital Systems

• Dr. Mark Tew Associate Professor of Electrical
  Engineering
• 310 Andersoneemdt_at_olemiss.edu
• Office hours TBA

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EE 335

• 800 - 850 Anderson 231 Monday, Wednesday,
  Friday
• Textbook. Fundamentals of Logic Design, 4th
  Edition, by Charles H. Roth, Jr., PWS Publishing
  Co., 1995.
• References. Digital Design Fundamentals, by
  Kenneth J. Breeding, Prentice Hall.
  LogicWorks3, by Capilano Computing Systems

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Caution

• This is not ELE 335, Whats in Roth.
• Supplementary material will be presented.
• Tests may include any material presented in class.

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Resources.

• course web page www.olemiss.edu/courses/EE/ELE_335
  
• listserver, "ee-335"
• To subscribe to the mailing list, send an e-mail
  message tomd_at_listserv.olemiss.edu with the
  line subscribe ee-335in the message
  body.

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Posting to the listserver

• To send an e-mail to everyone who has subscribed
  to the listerserver, send list postings to
  ee-335_at_listserv.olemiss.edu

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Communications.

• Notices regarding room changes, tests, homework
  assignments, etc., that occur between classes
  will be delivered via the ee-335 listserver.
  It is each student's responsibility to check his
  or her e-mail at least once a day to receive
  these notices. Printed copies of some notices
  will be posted outside Dr. Tew's office door and
  in the Anderson Hall elevator.

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Laboratory..

• EL E 336, Digital Systems Laboratory, is a
  corequisite for this class.
• If you drop EL E 335, you must also drop EL E
  336.
• If you drop EL E 336, you must also drop EL E 335

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Homework.

• Homework is due on or before 8 AM on the "due
  date".
• On-time homework which exhibits a good-faith
  effort to work the problem(s) will receive credit
  ranging from 50 to 100 for each problem.
• Because homework solutions will be posted on the
  web, late homework submissions will receive 0
  credit.
• Quizzes will be treated as in-class homework.

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Honor Code.

• Unless specifically designated as an "Honor Code
  Homework", you may consult with Dr. Tew and other
  students in working the homework problem.
• It is a violation of the Honor Code to copy
  another person's work, however.

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Attendance

• Attendance is recorded
• Attendance will be used only in grading for a
  student who lies near the boundary between two
  letter grades

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Grading

• Semester Points will be determined by the
  following formulaSem_Pts Homework0.15
  Weighted_Test_Average0.60
  Final_Exam0.25
• Weighted_Test_Average(Lowest_Score
  Middle_Score2Highest_Score2)/5
• Homework100Your_Homework_Points/Highest_Homewo
  rk _Points_Awarded

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Grades

• 90 lt Semester points lt 100 A 80 lt
  Semester points lt 89 B 70 lt Semester
  points lt 79 C 60 lt Semester points lt
  69 D Semester points lt 59 F
• Based on the range of points at the end of the
  semester, these scale points may be loweredthey
  will not be increased.

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Final Exam

• Final Exam is Tuesday, May 48 AM - 11 AM
• The final exam is comprehensivethat is, it
  covers material from the entire semester.
• Anyone achieving a grade of 60 or better on the
  final exam will receive a "D" in the class, even
  if the semester points computed above would
  result in a grade of "F".

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Fall 1998

• Note In Fall 1998 this grading system resulted
  in the following grade distributions
• ElE 385 A's 4 B's 3 C's 4 D's 5 F's 1ElE
  485 A's 2 B's 3 C's 4 D's 3 F's 0
• "I" grades will not be awarded except in the case
  of personal or family emergency.

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Topics

• 11 core topics are given
• 6 supporting topics are given
• The great majority of test questions will relate
  to one of the core or supporting topics

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About Tests

• I tend to give long tests, but not particularly
  difficult tests
• I rarely repeat homework questions on tests--not
  even to repeat the exact form of homework
  questions
• A good test question will allow you to show
  what you understand about a topic, and not reward
  memorizing an answer to a homework

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Homework 1

• Go to www.olemiss.edu/courses/EE/ELE_335 and
  submit homework 1 that you will read there.
• Subscribe to the ee-335 listserver
• Send an e-mail regarding your preferred office
  hours
• For Friday read Chapter 1 of Roth