Class Overview

Delivery: On-line Tutoring Only
Instructor: Prof Skip Laratonda, Jr., MSEE, PE

I have been teaching Digital Systems and Circuit Analysis at Penn State and working in industry since 1975.
I have been a Licensed Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania since 1983.
I am looking forward to passing some of my experience and engineering knowledge on to you.

Topics include but not limited to:
Number Systems (Binary, Octal and Hexadecimal)
Codes (BCD, Gray and ASCII)
Parity (Error Detection)
Logic Gates and Boolean Algebra
Combinational Logic Circuits
K-Maps (3, 4 and 5 variables)
Flip-Flops (Latch, SR, Toggle, Delay and J/K)
De-bounce Switches
Counters (both Ripple and Synchronous)
555 Timer
Sequential Logic
Finite State Machines (State Transition Diagrams, PS-to-NS Tables)
Signed Binary Number Systems (Sign Magnitude, 1's Complement and 2's Complement)
Adders (both half and Full)
Arithmetic Circuits
Decoders, Encoders, Multiplexers and De-multiplexers
Multisim Simulations