ECE 462/CS 462/MATH 491: Spring 2005

ECE 462 / CS 462 / MATH 491: Logic Design

Office hours: Tuesday 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. or by appointment.
Office location: 458 Coordinated Science Laboratory
Phone: 265-5414
E-mail: nhv@uiuc.edu

Lectures: MWF 10:00 - 10:50 , room 151 Everitt Lab

Teaching Assistants:

Lawrence Chen (lmchen@uiuc.edu): Office hours - Wednesday 1:00-2:30 p.m. in 330-M Everitt Laboratory
Bright Chu (chu1@uiuc.edu): Office hours - Thursday 2:30-4:00 p.m. in 368 Everitt Laboratory.

Course handout (PDF file)

Instructional objectives handout (DOC file)

Textbook: E. J. McCluskey, Logic Design Principles (available at Illini Union Bookstore -- look in the Course Packets section).

Following reference books are available in the Grainger library:

Hachtel/Somenzi, Logic Synthesis & Verification Algorithms
Zvi Kohavi, Switching and Finite Automata Theory
Frederick C. Hennie, Finite-State Models for Logical Machine

Newsgroup: class.ece462

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Test schedule

Test 1: Wednesday, March 2 (in class). Material covered in class through February 24 (and associated reading material) is included for this test. You may bring 1 two-sided sheet (standard 8.5 inch x 11 inch size) of handwritten notes to the test. See the Lecture Summary page for the reading material listing.
Test 2: Friday, April 8 (in class). Material covered through April 2 (and associated reading material) is included for this test. The questions will be primarily on material covered between February 20 and April 2 (including dynamic hazards), but an understanding of the other material included for Test 1 may be necessary. You may bring 2 two-sided (standard 8.5 inch x 11 inch size) sheets of handwritten notes to the test.
Final examination: From 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (two and half hours duration) on Tuesday, May 10 in Everitt Laboratory rooms 151 and 168. The final exam will be comprehensive. You may bring 3 two-sided sheets (standard 8.5 inch x 11 inch size) of handwritten notes to the final exam.

Lecture Summary

Here is a link to the lecture summary from Spring 2004 offering of this course. The lectures this semester may not necessarily follow the same order as that from Spring 2004.

Homework 1 and Solutions (prepared by Bright Chu)
Homework 2 and Solutions (prepared by Lawrence Chen) (another more readable copy of the solutions, but with a small typo in the solution for question 5 here)
Homework 3 and Solutions (prepared by Bright Chu)
Homework 4 and Solutions (prepared by Lawrence Chen)
Homework 5 and Solutions (prepared by Bright Chu)
Homework 6 and Solutions (prepared by Lawrence Chen)
Homework 7 and Solutions (prepared by Bright Chu)
Homework 8 and Solutions (prepared by Lawrence Chen)

Homework 9 and Solutions (prepared by Bright Chu)

Homework 10 and Solutions (prepared by Lawrence Chen)

Test 1 solution

Test 2 solution

Announcements: Please watch this web page and the course newsrgroup regularly for announcements.

1/23/05: Please visit the Lecture Summary page above periodically, to see the reading material associated with various lectures. You are expected to read the listed reading materials. Not all material assigned for reading will be covered during the lectures.

1/25/05: From the next week, Nitin Vaidya's office hours will be 1:30-3:00 on Tuesdays.

1/27/05: Homework 1 is posted above. Due in class on Friday next week.

1/27/05: CORRECTED homework 1 was posted at 5:20 p.m. on January 27. Please use the corrected homework.

2/11/05: Test 1 will be in class on Wednesday, March 2. Material covered in class through February 24, and the associated reading material, is included for this test. You may bring 1 two-sided sheet (standard 8.5 inch x 11 inch size) of handwritten notes to the test. See the Lecture Summary page for the reading material listing.

2/11/05: Homework 3 was revised after it was initially posted. Please use the version that includes the following text: (Homework revised at 11:26 a.m. on February 11)

2/16/05: There will be no lecture in the evening on March 10, contrary to the previously announced tentative schedule.

2/18/05: Homework 4 is posted above.

2/21/05: You need to do problem 6 in homework 4 only for the circuit in figure P3.11(a) on page 97 of the textbook.

Test 1 Reminder: Test 1 will be on Wednesday, March 2 (in class). Material covered in class through February 24 (and associated reading material) is included for this test. You may bring 1 two-sided sheet (standard 8.5 inch x 11 inch size) of handwritten notes to the test. See the Lecture Summary page for the reading material listing.

3/7/05: No class on March 11 (Friday) due to Engineering Open House.
Homework 6 due on March 14, instead of March 11 due to above cancellation. Vaidya's office hours on Tuesday March 8 and 15 are both cancelled due to travel. He I will instead hold office hours on Friday, March 11 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

3/12/05: The description of the material included for Test 2 has been modified. Please see the description above.

3/16/05: Homework 7 posted today.

3/31/05: Test 2 will be in class on Friday, April 8. Material covered through April 2 (and associated reading material) is included for this test. The questions will be primarily on material covered between February 20 and April 2 (including dynamic hazards), but an understanding of the other material included for Test 1 may be necessary. You may bring 2 two-sided (standard 8.5 inch x 11 inch size) sheets of handwritten notes to the test.

4/1/05: Revised homework 8 is posted above.

4/16/05: Homework 9 is posted above.