Requirements
Grading
The experiments done in each lab will be written up in a lab report, which will always be due a week later, at the beginning of the next lab. If you miss a lab, you are responsible for making it up during the week, on your own, and preferably during the help session or office hours.Teaching Assistants
Elif Tosun, during labOffice Hours
Monday 11-12Help Session
Tuesday 7-9Description
CSC270 is one of two (270-262) CS courses that must be taken to satisfy the Computer Science major. It is a laboratory-based class intended to give students a general background in computer electronics. The class is intended to give computer science students without a formal background in physics or electricity a general understanding of digital and microprocessor electronics. During the laboratory sessions, students experiment with two Heathkit training kits, one for digital logic (first half of the semester), and the other for microprocessor hardware (second half of the semester). The digital logic labs introduce the concepts of electrical signals, continuous and alternative currents, frequency, and the implementation of a binary system with dual voltage circuits. The microprocessor labs evolve around a Motorola 6800 8-bit microprocessor system, programmable in hexadecimal. The organization of this computer is explored, with emphasis on the microprocessor buses, random-access and read-only memories, as well as input/output (I/O) circuits.