The University of Texas at Dallas

Electrical Engineering Department

EE 2110 – Introduction to Digital Systems Laboratory, Fall, 2005

Instructor: Dr. Nathan Dodge Telephone: (972) 883-2951 email: dodge@utdallas.edu

Office: ECSN 4.916 Office Hours: TR, 4:00-6:00 PM and by appointment
Lab. Schedules (All lab exercises are held in ECSS 4.622 [in the “new” building]):

Section 001 – Tuesday, 11:00 AM-2:00 PM Section 002 – Tuesday, 2:00-5:00 PM

Section 003 – Thursday, 8:00-11:00 AM Section 005 – Thursday, 11:00 AM-2:00 PM
Section 004 – Thursday, 2:00-5:00 PM Section 501 – Monday, 5:30-8:30 PM

Textbooks: None. All material (including this syllabus) is available on-line. To obtain all EE
2110 course material, go to the instructor’s web site at http://www.utdallas.edu/~dodge/ee2110
and click on “EE 2110.” Labs are in Acrobat .pdf format, requiring Acrobat 5.0-6.0 reader,
obtainable from the UTD software website ( http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/local/index.html ) or
from the Adobe website (http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html). Once
downloaded, they can be printed for use in the lab.

Course Description: This course includes experiments with combinational and sequential digital
logic, hands-on assembly of an IBM-style PC, and assembly language programming. Brief
laboratory descriptions are found on the EE 2110 schedule (next page). Most lab exercises will
be completed in 2 to 2 ½ hours or less (although some sessions may take the entire 3-hour
period). Laboratory sessions will begin the week of Monday, September 12. Lab orientation is
the week of Monday, August 29 (no labs the week of September 5 due to Labor Day).

Lab reports are always due the next session after the lab is completed. Late lab reports are NOT
accepted. If a student has an extraordinary reason for being unable to submit a lab report on
time, the report may be accepted late if the student arranges the date with the TA in advance, or
with appropriate documentation of the problem. Lab reports will be returned about a week
after they are turned in.

Note: students will work on experiments in two-person teams. Please have your teams arranged
when you report for the first experiment (week of Monday, September 13). If you cannot find a
teammate, tell the TA at the beginning of the first lab session.

Grading: Grading will be on the following basis:

Correctness and detail of experimental work -- 40 %
Answers to questions -- 20%
Neatness and organization of report -- 40%
Total -- 100 %

Grade ranges for EE 2110 are: A+: 97-100; A: 93-96; A-: 90-92; B+: 87-89; B: 83-86; B-: 80-82;
C+: 77-79; C: 73-76; C-: 70-72; D+: 67-69; D: 63-66; D-: 60-62; F: below 60.

Scholastic Integrity: The value of an academic degree depends on the absolute integrity of the
work done by the student to earn the degree. It is imperative that each student maintain a high
level of individual honor in his or her scholastic work. Scholastic dishonesty at The University of
Texas at Dallas includes, but is not limited to, plagiarism and/or collusion. Scholastic dishonesty
will not be tolerated.
 EE 2110 Laboratory Class Schedule, Fall, 2005
Week Lab Dates Laboratory Topic
Number Number
1 August 18 --- No laboratories this week.
2 August 22-25 --- No laboratories this week.
3 August 29-31 --- Introductory meeting – course
September 1 overview and discussion of syllabus.
4 September 5-8 --- No laboratories this week.
5 September 12- 1 Introduction to laboratory
15 equipment; combinational logic.
6 September 19- 2 Adder circuits.
22
7 September 26- 3 Bistable circuits: Flip-flops, latches,
29 shift registers, and counters.
8 October 3-6 4 A complex logic circuit.
9 October 10-13 5 Assembly of a PC. (See note below)
10 October 17-20 5 (concluded) Assembly of a PC. (See note below)
11 October 24-27 6 Programming project number 1;
machine instructions and writing a
simple program.
12 October 31, 7 Programming project number 2;
November 1-3 writing a program involving a
repetitive loop.
13 November 7-10 8 Programming project number 3; a
complex loop.
14 November 14- 9 Programming project 4; a recursive
17 loop.
15 November 21- --- No laboratories this week
24 (Thanksgiving holiday).
16 November 28 --- Semester ends.

Note: There are two different Lab 6 procedures (6A and 6B), for two different PC models. You
should be notified 1-2 weeks in advance about which model you will assemble, at which point you
can print out the procedure for that PC model. Do NOT print out a copy until you have been
notified which procedure you are to use.

Lab Routine: Make sure that you arrive in class promptly. The teaching assistant (TA) is
authorized to take up to 10 points off your lab grade if you are late.
1. Read lab before coming to class, do any pre-work, and become familiar with the procedure.
2. The TA may give a brief overview in some cases, discussing the lab theory and the procedure.
3. When you are told to proceed, you and your partner may do so at your own pace.
4. Refer to the TA when you have questions about the procedure or digital circuit arrangement.
5. When you are finished, clean up your work area, notify the TA and you may leave.