Any CSE majors or Comp. Engineers out there?

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themacko

Barking at the moon.
I've got to take a DOG of a class next semester and I know of NO ONE that has a clue about this sh*tstorm I'm about about to step into.

The class is Digital Design Fundamentals and it has to do with digital logic and machine code. I'm just wondering [hoping] that one of you guys knows about this stuff and would mind giving me your email address if I need (which I know I will) help. Or if you even know of any sites online that are helpful in this area ...

my addy is scott@thespace.nu BTW
 
I am a CS major, in my final year. Sorry to say, I only took digital design at the second year level, the minimum required at my school. So it's been quite a while since I took any.

Perhaps you're taking this at a higher level than I did, so please accept my apologies if this comes off then as talking down to you. Anyway, it really wasn't very hard - if you get boolean logic, this is just some interesting practical applications of AND OR and NOT. The only hard thing for me was the VHDL simulation software included with the text - I tried running it on Windows in VPC at home, was met with abject failure, and then used it in the Solaris labs, where for whatever reason you have to wear a sweater and a scarf year round, none of which made me very patient with the clunky GUI...
 
Okay well maybe this won't be too bad then, but everyone I've talked to has told me that this is the weed-out and it's got like a 50% drop rate.

The software we're using is Logic Works which comes in both Windows and Mac versions .. so I guess I'm lucky.
 
I have completed a CS degree this last January, an european degree like a Major and stuff.

Digital Design fundamentals is not really the most difficult subject out there in CS... Try out abstract stuff like Turing machines and compiler design to get the hang of it but I digress.

I did DD like 5-6 years ago (I specialized in software, not hardware), I did all the exercises on the book to get a B+ after the second try (failed miserably the first one).

Once you get the basics of AND/OR circuit design, but be sure you get the stuff *right* of boolean logic (as scruffy so rightfully suggests) before trying DD.


dani++
 
Thanks dani, I was looking through the book and it seems like the circuit design stuff (AND, OR, NOT, XNOR, blah, blah blah) isn't too bad, just intuitive thinking. The crap that scares me is the boolean algebra. Oh well, guess I just have to nut up and go for it, as if I have a choice.

The thing is, I'm not majoring in CS, I'm a finance major and we freaking have to take this class to broaden our understanding of technology and computer systems. blah. :eek:
 
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