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CMPET 117Digital Electronics

3 credits · Computer Engineering Technology -​ CA · Penn State

Fundamentals of digital circuits, including logic circuits, boolean algebra, Karnaugh maps, counters, and registers. CMPET 117 Digital Electronics (3) Digital Electronics covers fundamentals of both combinatorial and sequential digital logic circuits. Basic topics include Boolean algebra, binary codes, Boolean logic simplification and minimization theorems, and Karnaugh maps. Combinatorial and sequential logic topics include the theory and operation of arithmetic circuits, registers, counters, multiplexers, encoders/decoders, all major types of flip-flops, A-D and D-A conversions, counters, and memory systems. The course focuses primarily on small and medium scale devices using TTL logic with some use of MOS devices. Significant emphasis is placed on the use of manufacturers' data books to define device operating characteristics. CMPET 117 is generally taken concurrently with CMPET 120 , which is a digital electronics laboratory course. The lab exercise in CMPET 120 are coordinated with the CMPET 117 lecture material.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

None listed in the catalog.

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 1 · Spring (6 programs).

Required in (7)

  • Biomedical Engineering Technology, A.ENGT.
  • Electrical Engineering Technology, A.ENGT. (Behrend)
  • Electrical Engineering Technology, A.ENGT. (Engineering)
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology, B.S.
  • Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology, B.S. (Altoona)
  • Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology, B.S. (Berks)
  • Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology, B.S. (Engineering)

One of the options in (4)

  • Electrical Engineering Technology, B.S. (Capital)
  • Electrical Engineering Technology, B.S. (Engineering)
  • Interdisciplinary Business with Engineering Studies, B.S. (Behrend)
  • Interdisciplinary Business with Engineering Studies, B.S. (Berks)
What it opens up

Courses that list CMPET 117 as a prerequisite (5)

  • CMPET 211 Embedded Processors and DSP
  • CMPET 401 Data Communication and Networking
  • CMPET 403 Switching Circuit Design
  • EET 275 Introduction to Programmable Logic Controls
  • EET 341 Measurements and Instrumentation