Understanding and mastering fundamentals of digital systems

• Number representations and computer arithmetic
• Combinational logic, Quine McCluskey, KV-diagrams, BDDs
• Moore and Mealy machines

Learning activities during this course will comprise of:
- classroom lectures
- classroom assignments which will be graded and discussed during the practical exercises part of this course
- two exams

Workload estimation (ECTS breakdown): 75 hours = 3 ECTS

• Lecture time (12 hours)
• Written tests (3 hours)
• Presentation of homework exercises (6 hours)
• Preperation of homework (32 hours)
• Post processing of lectures and test preperation (22 hours)

Preliminary Meeting: Tuesday., Mar. 5h 2013, 10am

IMPORTANT NOTE! Effective for everybody who registered for Computer Science/Business Informatics for the first time: You have to complete the "Studieneingangsgespräche (STEG)" until March 5th 2013 to register for this course. For details see www.informatik.tuwien.ac.at/steg. Due to technical reasons it may take up to two workdays after completion of the ¿Studieneingangsgespräch¿ to be able to register.

Attention, number of participants limited!

The resources allotted to this course are limited. To ensure an adequate student-staff ratio only 75 students will be able to attend the course. All students registered for the course (no limitation here), qualify for the written entry test at the end of October. Further participation in the course depends on the result of this test:

• If you do not reach the minimally required number of points you fail the course; no further participation possible.
• If you obtain the minimally required number of points and are ranked among the best students, you can attend the course this term.
• If you obtain the minimally required number of points or more but are not ranked among the best students, you will not be graded. You will not be able to participate in the course this term, but you will receive preferential treatment next term.

You have to apply for the course and for one of the lab groups. Both registrations are mandatory to attend the course!

All necessary information will be provided in the TUWEL-course of this lecture.

Please adress your questions to: gds[at]auto.tuwien.ac.at

For the final grading you have to pass 4 exercise classes as well as two written tests. 

In order to pass the course successfully it is necessary to solve at least 65% of all assigned examples and to be able to present them during the class. The presentation in class will be graded too. Thereby, you have to achieve at least 50% on average.

Furthermore, there will be two mandatory written exams throughout the term. To pass the course successfully you have to achieve at least 50% at each exam. In case of excused and reasonable absence, it is possible to repeat the exams. It is not possible to repeat an exam due to a negative grading.