CS1101 DIGITAL COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS SYLLABUS

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Regulations 2007 Curriculum SEMESTER I
Common to all B.E. / B.Tech. (Except B.E. Marine Engineering)
CS1101 DIGITAL COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

UNIT – I DIGITAL CONCEPTS (8)
Digital Computer Fundamentals – Block diagram of a computer – Components of a
computer system – Digital and Analog quantities – Binary digits – Logic Levels – Digital
Waveforms – Basic Logic operations – Digital Integrated Circuits.

UNIT – II NUMBER SYSTEMS (12)
Number Representation – Decimal, Binary, Octal, Hexadecimal and BCD numbers –
Binary Arithmetic – Binary addition – Unsigned and Signed numbers – one’s and two’s
complements of Binary numbers – Arithmetic operations with signed numbers - Number
system conversions – Digital codes.

UNIT - III BOOLEAN ALGEBRA AND LOGIC SIMPLIFICATION (16)
Logic gates – AND, OR, NOT, NAND, NOR, XOR and XNOR Gates – Laws and Rules
of Boolean algebra – DeMorgan’s Theorems – Standard forms of Boolean Expressions -
Sum of products – Product of sums – Boolean Expression and Truth Tables – Boolean
Expression Minimization using Boolean laws – The Karnaugh Map – Sum of Products
and Products of Sum Minimization.

UNIT – IV HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE (10)
Processing Devices – Memory Devices – Input and Output Devices – Optical Input
Devices – Audiovisual Input Devices – Monitors – Printing Devices - Storage Devices –
Magnetic and Optical Storage Devices - System Software – Application Software –
Graphics and Multimedia.

UNIT – V NETWORKING FUNDAMENTALS (14)
Data Communication with Standard Telephone Lines – Modems – Digital Data
Connections – Broadband Connections – DSL Technologies – Cable Modem
Connections – Computer Networking Basics – Common Types of Networks –
Structuring of Networks – Network Media and Hardware.

TOTAL = 60

TEXT BOOKS
1. Thomas L.Floyd and R.P.Jain, “Digital Fundamentals”, 8th Edition, Pearson Education, 2007.
2. Peter Norton, “Introduction to Computers”, 6thEdition, Tata Mc Graw Hill, New Delhi, 2006.

REFERENCES

1. Morris Mano, “Digital Design”, 3rd Edition, Pearson Education, 2006.
2. Rajkamal, “Digital Systems: Principles and Design”, 1st Edition, Pearson Education, 2007.
3. Albert Paul Malvino, Donald P. Leech, “Digital Principles and Applications”, 6th Edition, Mc Graw Hill Publishers, 2007.