Classical and Recent Approaches in Teaching Logic Design

Radomir S. Stankovic Dragan Jankovic Claudio Moraga

Dept. of Computer Science, Faculty of Electronics

Dept. of Computer Science, Dortmund University Nis, Serbia

Dortmund Germany

Logic Design in Science

Information Science Digital Technology

Logic Design

Social Implication of Technology Mathematic Foundations

Design of Courses

Balance between

Level of abstraction

Case studies

Practical examples

Switching Theory and Logic Design

Teaching

Switching Theory Logic Design

Mathematic foundations for

Realizations of

Logic Design Mathematical Methods

Teaching Mathematical MethodsBasic Concepts

Seldom a good way of teaching engineers

Students do not develop “feeling” or intuitive understanding of theory

Necessary when no recipe type solutions available

If no drill of working with concrete examples, then

General Theory

= “Simple” particular casesVarious techniques

Approaches Top-down Bottom-up

Balance between

Dependent on students and background knowledge

Selection of ways

Economy Advantages

Abstraction Concrete Examples

Processing of Logic Signals

Signal Processing

Signal Processing and Processing of Logic Signals

Methods

Systems

Switching Theory

Logic Design

Basic Algebraic Structure

Vector spaces over different fieldsBoolean algebra

Classic Recent

Linear AlgebraParticular case of linear algebra

Spectral (Fourier-like) interpretation of

Polynomial expressions Graphic (DD) representations

Contents of Course

Elective lectures for further research work

Core topics in IEEE/ACM Curricula

Mixed over the teaching term

Closing RemarksSignal Processing

Processing of Logic Signals

Switching Theory

System Theory

Logic Systems Logic Design Input Output

Logic signals