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Title: logic circuits
Post by: ventsyV on February 03, 2005, 06:25:50 AM
I'm taking class on PC architecture and we are learning about circuits. The profesor is Indian guy and he advances through the material rather quickly. Furthermore, I have taken the pre-requirment for this class in another college (ASM programming class) where we did not cover anything on circuits. Apperantly the classed offered at my current university does cover this topic.
Needless to say, I do not feel like retaking the class just for a chapter or two on circuits, so I'm learning on my own.
I was wondering if you guys know any good site with tutorials on combinational/sequential logic ??
Currently I'm reading the AoA, that has chapter on that and also tutorials from this site:
http://www.play-hookey.com/
I appreciate your input :)

edit:
Also, if you got any links to tutorials on the electric part of the circuit design, plase pass me those as well. I'm a programmer, not hardware guy and all I know about electricity is from my physics class in high school :)
Title: Re: logic circuits
Post by: Ghirai on February 03, 2005, 06:36:37 AM
I would recommend you to download my courses, but they are not in english (at least a great part of them)...

Depending on what you're studying there, there can be quite a lot of material about circuits.
Currently i'm studying computer arhitecture and integrated circuits, two different courses.

Sorry if i wasn't much help...
Title: Re: logic circuits
Post by: ventsyV on February 03, 2005, 06:41:41 AM
I do know Russian and some German .... is that going to help me ??  :bg
I would just like to read something on combinational logic, which is mostly what they did in that class ... oh I almost forgot, I need something on k-maps. You know how you use k-map to reduce the complexity of the circuit ?? Well I need to read something on the process.
Thanks Ghirai  :U
Title: Re: logic circuits
Post by: exluddite on February 03, 2005, 06:50:02 AM
Radio Shack. Specifically a book by Forrest Mims called "Getting started in electronics". This book doesn't get into terribly complex circuts, but it does clearly explain how all the components work, and more importantly for what you're talking  about, how they work together. Don't just read, try it out.
Things like logic gates, H bridges, etc. always seemed hard to really grasp just from reading. Once I put some things on a breadboard (and later soldered some things  together) it started to make perfect sense. Wire up a few things with some blinking leds. It'll all start to make sense.
Title: Re: logic circuits
Post by: Ghirai on February 03, 2005, 08:06:35 AM
Well, my courses are in romanian (similar to italian), so i doubt it will help  :(
Title: Re: logic circuits
Post by: ventsyV on February 04, 2005, 11:24:33 PM
I'll check the library for that book exluddite. You are romanian ghirai ? I'm originally from bulgaria  :U
Title: Re: logic circuits
Post by: Ghirai on February 05, 2005, 10:56:21 AM
Yup, seems like we're neighbours :P
Title: Re: logic circuits
Post by: Ratch on February 07, 2005, 03:32:05 AM
ventsyV,
     You should try the link below.  It's better than a lot of books.  It was written by Ali Shahhoseini of the Islamic Azad (open) University of Qazvin, Iran. Ali does a pretty good job of teaching digital principles, even if I do say so myself.  You will see a list of several chapters to select.  They are in PDF format.   I believe chapter 3 is what you want.  Just remember,  he wrote that course in the name of Allah.  Ratch


http://www.qazviniau.ac.ir/elearning/shahhoseini/
Title: Re: logic circuits
Post by: ventsyV on February 07, 2005, 04:18:45 AM
I believe that the aspiration for knowledge is universal for all of us. Therefore, it is our duty l to share it with others.
While I did not expect to find tutorial on digital logic, written by profesor in Islamic university ( we all have some prejudices even if sometimes we do not realize them consciously ) I greatly appreciate the fact that he has written this book and shared it freely with the world.
I'm just looking through the chapters and they seem quite well written. I've done some reading already, but it never hurts to see another point of view on things.
Thanks for pointing this resource out.