ECE 2000: Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering

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ECE 2000 Introduction to Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Digital Systems Computer Engineering Prepared
by Dr. Xubin (Ben) He
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Digital World.

• Almost everything is at least part DIGITAL.
• Computers, PDAs, related hardware

• Analog
• time-varying signals
• Take any value across a continuous range of
  voltage, current or whatever metric
• Digital
• Modeled as taking only one of two discrete values
  at any time
• Binary 0/1, LOW/HIGH, FALSE/TRUE,

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Examples of once-analog systems that have now
gone digital

• Still pictures film--gtdigital memory chips
• CD
• Digital telephone

• Reproducibility of results
• Ease of design digital design is logical
  (logical design)
• Flexibility and Functionality
• Programmability
• Fast
• Economy
• Steadily Advancing Technology

Why Digital?
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Digital Devices
Digital Voltage meter
Analog Voltage meter
103.5
About 100

• Integrated Circuits that operate on Digital Data
  are in 95 of every electrical powered device in
  the U.S.
• The theory of operation of these devices form a
  basis for many other courses in the ECE/CS
  curriculum

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Analog has AmbiguityDigital has only one
interpretation
Analog Clock
About 200
150
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Computer Engineering Degree (BSCmpE)

• Balance of digital HW and computer SW.
• Complete computer system HW/SW design and
  maintenance.
• Combination of traditional EE (for HW) and the CS
  (for SW)
• Requires standard digital courses and CSC
  courses, plus electives (CmpE, EE, CSC)

http//www.tntech.edu/ece/CmpE/CmpEUnder.html
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CmpE Courses
Graduate
Undergraduate

• ECE3110 Intro to digital systems
• ECE3120 Microcomputer Systems
• ECE3160 Digital System Lab
• ECE3320 Digital Electronics
• ECE4110 Sequential Logic Design
• ECE4120 Fundamentals of Computer Design
• ECE4130 Intro to Digital VLSI

• ECE6110 Microprocessor systems
• ECE6120 Advanced Digital Design
• ECE6130Computer Architecture
• ECE6140 Parallel Processing Systems
• ECE6150 Digital VLSI Design
• ECE6160 Advaced Computer Networks

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Second Major

• Closely related fields, one may obtain a single
  baccalaureate degree with two majors, also called
  second major.
• EE/CmpE.
• BSEE with a second major in CmpE, or
• BSCmpE with a second major in EE.

http//www.tntech.edu/ece/Curriculum/SecondMajoror
Degree.html
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Computer Manufacturing/CAD 2002, JobStar
One of top 10 most sought-after BS degrees by
employers. 40 projected increase in new jobs
for computer engineers by 2012.
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Careers in Computer Engineering

• Analyze,design, and apply computers and other
  digital systems, both the digital hw and sw.
  (Indurstry,military)

Many companies are looking for YOU AMD, Adaptec,
IBM, Intel, TI, SGI, Dell, Motorola, South
Central Bell Telephone, NASA, Sony, Toshiba,
Sharp, GE, and more
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Indurstry Work

• Supercomputers, PCs,
• Special purpose systems, CAD software
• Peripherials video, audio, storage, printers
• Other digital devicesautomobile control devices,
  medical indurstry, consumer elctronics
• Design, manufacturing, sales, customer support
• Systems, ICs, VLSI, ASIC

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Research Areas

• VLSI
• software engineering
• CAD tool development
• networked storage
• high performance I/O systems
• And more

• Computer Archtecture
• parallel processors
• microprocessor applications
• embedded systems
• fuzzy logic and neural networks
• programmable logic

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Faculty Members at TTU in this area

• Dr. Kari Rajan, ECE Chairman pkrajan_at_
• Dr. Roger Haggard rhaggard_at_
• Dr. Mohamed A. Abdelrahman
  mabdelrahman_at_
• Dr. Jeffrey Austen jausten_at_
• Dr. Omar Elkeelany oelkeelany_at_
• Dr. Xubin He hexb_at_

http//www.ece.tntech.edu/