This course introduces the principles and practices of digital system design, from foundational logic circuits to basic processor architecture. Students begin by exploring binary and hexadecimal number systems, Boolean algebra, and their application in designing combinational and sequential circuits. Design techniques such as Karnaugh maps and finite state machines are applied to implement circuits using medium-scale integration (MSI) devices and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Students also learn the basics of the Very High-Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language (VHDL) for simulating digital systems and programming hardware. In the final block, the course transitions to microprocessor fundamentals, covering processor components, instruction execution, and machine-level programming, providing a bridge between digital logic design and computer architecture.
