MODD / Mr. Hansen |
Name: _______________________ |
MODD Course Outline (Draft 2)
W 9/7 |
Introduction, ground rules, planning the semester’s
topics |
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Th 9/8 |
Unit
0x00: Logical Building Blocks |
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F 9/9 |
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M 9/12 |
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01 rules for +, ·, Å, and ~ 02 truth tables 03 AND (Ù), OR (Ú), NOT (Ø) 04 digital circuit |
T 9/13 |
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notation 05
Þ, Ü, Û, etc. 06 Boolean algebra 07 DeMorgan’s
laws, distributive laws |
W 9/14 |
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08 " and $ 09
advanced negation 0A simplifying 0B proving conjectures 0C deduction vs. |
Th 9/15 |
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induction 0D
automated theorem proving 0E
Gödel’s Theorem 0F fuzzy logic Unit Quiz |
F 9/16 |
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M 9/19 |
Unit
0x10: Bits, Bytes, Hex, and Hertz |
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T 9/20 |
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11 bit, nybble, byte, word, dword, qword 12 K, M, G, T 13 210 » 103 14
binary 15 octal |
W 9/21 |
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16 hex (0x) 17
ASCII 18 the mysterious MZ 19 baud, kbps, mbps 1A Hz, KHz, MHz, GHz |
Th 9/22 |
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1B wavelength vs. frequency 1C aliasing 1D
bandwidth 1E muxing
1F time Unit Quiz |
F 9/23 |
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M 9/26 |
Unit
0x20: What’s So Great About Digital? |
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T 9/27 |
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21 analog 22
digital defined 23 digital design 24 Which
is “natural”? 25 A/D conversion |
W 9/28 |
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26 D/A conversion 27
noise as a concept 28 dodging
noise 29 endianness,
an unavoidable |
Th 9/29 |
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mess 2A advantages of analog 2B
advantages of digital 2C Why
didn’t Bell and Edison go |
F 9/30 |
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digital? 2D
Phil. 101: Does analog exist? 2E
retro digital 2F a binary future? Unit Quiz |
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M 10/3 |
Unit
0x30: Audio |
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T 10/4 |
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31 crash course in electronics: volts, amps, ohms,
R/C/L 32 crash course in
logarithms |
W 10/5 |
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33 bels and dB 34 noise revisited 35 S/N 36 AM 37 FM 38 companding
39 PCM |
Th 10/6 |
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F 10/7 |
No school |
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M 10/10 |
No school |
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T 10/11 |
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3A sampling rate, Nyquist’s
Theorem 3B signal processing 3C FFT 3D audio CD 3E data |
W 10/12 |
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CD, MP3 3F
HDR Unit Quiz |
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10/13 |
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F 10/14 |
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M 10/17 |
Unit
0x40: Compression |
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T 10/18 |
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