Course detail

Digital Electronics

FEKT-BPA-DELAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course is an introduction to digital technology. Students will get acquainted with the basic division of digital circuits and Boolean algebra. The first part of the course is devoted to the design of combinational logic circuits, forms of their notation and implementation. The course follows the issue of sequential synchronous circuits. Individual elements of digital technology are also described using VHDL, which will allow students to gain practical experience with Hardware Description Language.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Tomáš Frýza, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Radio Electronics (UREL)

Offered to foreign students

The home faculty only

Entry knowledge

The course is designed for students with knowledge of the basics of electronic components, passive and semiconductor circuits.

A student of study programs in Czech language has passed BPC-AN4, BPC-AEI English – Intermediate 2 exam at UJAZ FEKT. This exam corresponds to the level B1 CEFR level.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Grades are broken down as follows: 10% - written test, 16% - computer lab assignments, 20% - VHDL project, 54% - final exam. To pass the course you need to receive a score of 50% or more.
Evaluation of activities is specified by a regulation, which is issued by the lecturer responsible for the course annually.

Aims

The aim of the course is to present the fundamentals of the impulse and digital devices and to present the practical approaches of combinational, asynchronous, and synchronous systems design using VHDL.
The graduate of the course will learn:
* The basics of digital circuits and combinational logic
* The principles of sequential logic and finite state machines
* Writing code in VHDL
* Designing testbenches
* Designing FPGA logic

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ASHENDEN, Peter J. The designer's guide to VHDL. 3rd ed. Boston: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, c2008. ISBN 9780120887859. (EN)
FLOYD, T.L. Digital Fundamentals 11th Edition. Pearson, 2017. ISBN 978-9332584600. (EN)
CHU, Pong P. FPGA prototyping by VHDL examples: Xilinx MicroBlaze MCS SoC. Second edition. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2017. ISBN 978-1119282747. (EN)
MANO, M. Morris a Michael D. CILETTI. Digital design: with an introduction to the Verilog HDL, VHDL, and SystemVerilog. Sixth edition, Global edition. NY, NY: Pearson, [2019]. ISBN 978-1292231167. (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-EMU Bachelor's 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme BPA-ELE Bachelor's

    specialization BPA-ECT , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme BPC-AUD Bachelor's

    specialization AUDB-TECH , 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

  • Programme BPC-ECT Bachelor's 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme BPC-IBE Bachelor's 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme BPC-TLI Bachelor's 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Tomáš Frýza, Ph.D.

Syllabus

01 - Introduction to digital systems
02 - Representation and minimization of logic functions
03 - Implementation of logic functions
04 - Hazards in combinational circuits
05 - Sequential logic circuits
06 - Asynchronous and synchronous counters
07 - Finite state machines

Exercise in computer lab

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Tomáš Frýza, Ph.D.

Syllabus

01 - Introduction to Git and VHDL
02 - Combinational logic
03 - Introduction to Vivado
04 - Seven-segment display decoder
05 - Latches and Flip-flops
06 - Binary counter
07 - Driver for multiple seven-segment displays
08 - Traffic light controller
09 - Project
10 - Project
11 - Project
12 - Project