Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

6.111 - Introductory Digital Systems Laboratory

SCHEDULE FALL 2002

This outline is dynamic. The only things about it that are unlikely to change much is that which has already happened and due dates, which are firm.

All lectures (not quizzes) have lecture notes in addition to the handouts listed below.

Lecture	Date	Day	Handouts	Due	Lecture Topic
L1	Sept. 4	W	First Day Packet includes:	6.111 Sign-up	Introduction,
			General Information	Sheet	Basic Boolean
			Syllabus
			General Laboratory Information
			Computer Information
			Introduction to HP Logic
			Analyzer
			Beginner's Guide to WARP
			PAL Programming
			Problem Set 1
			Lab 1
			Safety Memo
			Kit Sign-out Form
			Background Information
			and Schedule Form
L2	Sept. 6	F	Gates, Symbols, and Busses		Example, Kmaps
			Kmap
L3	Sept. 9	M			Gates, Flip Flops,
					Building Blocks,
					Counters
L4	Sept. 11	W	Negative True and	PS 1	Counters, Finite State
			VHDL		Machines, PALS
			PS 1 Solutions, PS 2
L5	Sept. 13	F			VHDL Intro; Entities,
					Galaxy demo
L6	Sept. 16	M		Lab 1	VHDL Statements
L7	Sept. 18	W	Lab 2 (CPLD and 6264	PS 2	VHDL FSM Example,
			data sheets), PS 3,		Timing, Lab 2
			PS 2 Solutions		assignment

Lecture	Date	Day	Handouts	Due	Lecture Topic
L8	Sept. 20	F			Design Procedure,
					VHDL Packages,
					Memories
	Sept. 23	M			No Class: Student
					Holiday
L9	Sept. 25	W	Report Guide		Writing Phase II,
			Phase II form		Quiz 1 Review
			Checklist, Writing
			Style guide
Q1	Sept. 27	F	QUIZ 1		QUIZ 1 (56-154, -169, -191)
L10	Sept. 30	M	PS 3 Solutions	PS 3	VHDL Identifiers,
			PS 4		Handshaking,
					Package examples
L11	Oct. 2	W		Lab 2	VHDL Statements,
				Design	ALU example
				Check-off
	Oct. 4	F	PS 5, FPGA Module		ADD DATE
L12	Oct. 7	M	PS 4 Solutions	PS 4	Binary Arithmetic,
					Control Example
					(PI controller)
L13	Oct. 9	W	Lab 3	Lab 2	Implementation using
				Check-off	multiple FSM's,
					FLEX10K parts
L14	Oct. 11	F			Lab 3 Assignment (demo)
	Oct. 14	M			Columbus Day: No Class
L15	Oct. 16	W		L2 Report	A/D, D/A, Op Amps
					(demo)
	Oct. 18	F	PS 5 solutions	PS 5 due by 2:00 p.m.	No Class
				in the lab
L16	Oct. 21	M	Project Information		Project Kickoff
L17	Oct. 23	W		Project Abstracts	Video 1
	Oct. 25	F		Lab 3 Design
L18	Oct. 28	M	MC6847 data sheet		Video 2, Transmission
					Lines (demo)
L19	Oct. 30	W	How to Make Your		Encoders, Motors,
			Project Work		Quiz 2 Review
Q2	Nov. 1	F	QUIZ 2	Proposal Conferences	QUIZ 2 (Walker 50-340)

Date	Day	Due	Comment
Nov. 4	M
Nov. 6	W	Lab 3 Check-off
Nov. 7	Th	Design Conferences
Nov. 11	M		Veteran's Day: No Class
Nov. 13	W	Lab 3 Report
Nov. 18	M	Project Design Presentations
Nov. 20	W	Project Design Presentations	DROP Date
			Last day to sign-up
			for 6 units of 6.905
Nov. 25	M	Project Design Presentations
Nov. 27	W	Project Design Presentations
Nov. 28	Th		Thanksgiving
Nov. 29	F		Vacation
Dec. 9	M	Project Presentations
Dec. 10	T	Video-taping the
		Project Demonstrations
Dec. 11	W	Project Reports due by 5:00 PM