This course gives you a complete insight into the modern design of digital systems fundamentals from an eminently practical point of view. Unlike other more "classic" digital circuits courses, our interest focuses more on the system than on the electronics that support it. This approach will allow us to lay the foundation for the design of complex digital systems.
You will learn a set of design methodologies and will use a set of (educational-oriented) computer-aided-design tools (CAD) that will allow you not only to design small and medium size circuits, but also to access to higher level courses covering so exciting topics as application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) design or computer architecture, to give just two examples.
Course topics are complemented with the design of a simple processor, introduced as a transversal example of a complex digital system. This example will let you understand and feel comfortable with some fundamental computer architecture terms as the instruction set, microprograms and microinstructions.
After completing this course you will be able to:
* Design medium complexity digital systems.
* Understand the description of digital systems using high-level languages such as VHDL.
* Understand how computers operate at their most basic level (machine language).
Status: Systems Design
Systems Design
Status: System Design and Implementation
System Design and Implementation
Intermediate·Course·28 hours
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5.0
·Reviewed Jun 10, 2020
This course clear my all doubts in digital circuit design. it helps me to understand the way of designing in digital electronics.
4.0
·Reviewed Apr 20, 2017
This is a very good course for experts as well as beginners . Quiz assignments were very challenging . I like the concept of practice and solved quiz
5.0
·Reviewed Dec 18, 2023
Hard to understand with accents etc. but otherwise this course is brilliant, excellent structure and way of presenting things.
5.0
·Reviewed Sep 9, 2019
It's not a easy course for me, but the practice exercise is enough for me to get deeper understanding in course content.
5.0
·Reviewed Feb 23, 2020
Excellent course. Concepts are explained clearly by taking practical examples, must learn course for ECE students
4.0
·Reviewed Jul 10, 2022
The most interesting part of this course, for me, was the graded quiz. It was challenging , but nice.I really learnt a lot.Thank you
5.0
·Reviewed Jul 10, 2018
The course goes from a logic gate level to that of a processor in a smooth manner covering many concepts enroute
4.0
·Reviewed Aug 15, 2020
Questions are good. It's better if they provide your way of solving the quiz questions and practice questions
5.0
·Reviewed Jul 19, 2018
It is a great course and the teachers are so great that they will teach all concepts with a great ease.
5.0
·Reviewed Feb 1, 2018
excellent video lectures combined with a awesome assignment questions which are more about applications oriented.An excellent and must learn course for all ece students.
4.0
·Reviewed May 12, 2020
It is really helpfull for the individuals who want to be perfect in digital design. And also can learn the basic processor design.
5.0
·Reviewed Jul 21, 2020
This was my 4th online course and I am pretty sure this was my best experience. Everything was covered in detail and yet very precisely. Thanks to both coursera and UAB for this course.
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Lorenzo
1.0
·Reviewed Feb 3, 2022
It is impossible to attend the course because the Virtual Machine needed to do all the exercises is down since 4 months.
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ARYAN
1.0
·Reviewed Apr 5, 2020
Faculty don't teach properly. I didn't learn as much as I expected. The course requires many more study material than actually present.
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Suhaas
5.0
·Reviewed Mar 20, 2020
Pretty awesome, the course gives you a good understanding of all basic concepts and the practice, extra and graded problems make you intimately familiar with its applications.
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VINITH
5.0
·Reviewed Feb 2, 2018
excellent video lectures combined with a awesome assignment questions which are more about applications oriented.An excellent and must learn course for all ece students.
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Justin
5.0
·Reviewed Oct 22, 2019
I'd give this course 6 stars, if I could. I hope there will be additional courses released that extend upon this material.
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Shreyas
5.0
·Reviewed Jul 11, 2018
The course goes from a logic gate level to that of a processor in a smooth manner covering many concepts enroute
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SHIVAM
1.0
·Reviewed Apr 21, 2020
I'm sorry to say that I am really unsatisfied with the teaching and with the Quiz. You cannot know your mistakes what rubbish is this thing and on the other hand there are many multiple answer what is this. it not clearly mentioned in the questions.
Sorry to say that but its the truth
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DARAHAS
5.0
·Reviewed May 20, 2020
this course was my first course in coursera and it was little boring in the beginning part i but then you have to take pen and paper and note down all the points the teacher is teaching . To complete this course fast you need complete dedication and a lot of interest, believe me you will definitely gain a lot of knowledge after completing this course until and unless u complete this course by watching the videos and also read all the doubts of other students in discussion forums even if that wasn't your doubt that will surely help you.
THANK YOU AND BEST OF LUCK TO ALL OF YOU :) :)
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Rishabh
5.0
·Reviewed Jul 22, 2020
This was my 4th online course and I am pretty sure this was my best experience. Everything was covered in detail and yet very precisely. Thanks to both coursera and UAB for this course.
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Jaime
1.0
·Reviewed Jan 6, 2021
Biggest disappointment was the kinds of tools used in the course, starting with the use of a VM with some obscure Linux distribution that can't be run in modern Virtualbox.
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GANESH
1.0
·Reviewed Jul 3, 2017
Lot of mistakes in graded quizzes. Mentors and staffs rarely reply to doubts
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MOHAMMED
5.0
·Reviewed Apr 29, 2018
One must take this course to gain practical exposure to logic design. This course has given me wonderful experience on how to use software tools for digital systems design. Thank you so much Cousera for such a nice course. I request Coursera to come up with a Systemverilog courses for design of digital systems and verification of digital systems as well.
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Aditya
5.0
·Reviewed May 1, 2018
The course really lives up to the expectations and really is helpful in teaching a lot, if not all, about the digital systems. It is a wonderful course which in my opinion, a person seeking to learn about the digital systems must undergo. Cheers!
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kalva
5.0
·Reviewed Feb 24, 2020
Excellent course. Concepts are explained clearly by taking practical examples, must learn course for ECE students
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Ravi
5.0
·Reviewed Jun 6, 2017
This course is useful to bridge the gap between academics and industry to some extent. The course is worth while
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Gajanan
5.0
·Reviewed Sep 21, 2020
A very good discussion on fundamental considering the focus on application such as design of a processor
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Dheeraj
5.0
·Reviewed Jul 20, 2018
It is a great course and the teachers are so great that they will teach all concepts with a great ease.
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jai
5.0
·Reviewed Jul 18, 2020
Excellent course !.Got in depth knowledge of how digital systems and processors can be designed .
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Blas
5.0
·Reviewed Oct 22, 2017
Great review of basic digital design and basics to start with design process.
Highly recomended
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Mat
5.0
·Reviewed Mar 26, 2017
Very useful course with helpful examples and questions to strengthen theoretical concepts.