Project Lead the Way Course Format: Osbourn High School Digital Electronics  DoNow activities to start each class  Lectures on Digital Electronics skills Course Description: Career & Technical  Activities, projects and problems Education Programs Digital Electronics is a project-based  Periodic tests at the completion of each course that uses hands-on approach to unit introduce the concepts of computer logic and  Midterm and Final examinations circuit design. Students apply the engineering design process to implement  Homework assignments Digital customer requirements into digital logic. Skills needed to be successful: Students learn the concepts/theories of  To be successful in this course, students Electronics computer numbering systems, AND-OR- must enjoy using math to solve problems. NOT based combinational logic, timers, data  Students must enjoy working with latches, counters and microcontrollers. computers. Circuits are implemented and analyzed in simulation, prototyping breadboards and  Students must be able to read and follow programmable logic devices. instructions.

During this course, students will be Prerequisites: required to define, design, and construct  Students must have taken PLTW digital circuits based on customer Introduction to Engineering or PLTW requirements. Students learn about digital Principles of Engineering. electronics through activities to learn skills, projects to use the skills and problems to apply and strengthen the skills. Classroom Expectations:  Keep cell phones silenced and put away to prevent classroom distraction.  Attend class daily, on time and ready to work.  Respect everyone in the classroom.  Take responsibility for your own actions.  Actively participate and contribute to group assignments and projects. Instructor Information  Complete and submit assignments by their due dates. David Frederick  Exercise safety and common sense at all [email protected] times. 571-377-7182 Rev. Jan. 2019 Project Lead the Way Why take Digital Electronics? Digital Electronics Digital Electronics skills are in great demand within an engineering career. Credential Digital Electronics and circuit analysis skills are required in most engineering technical Students will sit for their college degrees. Workplace Readiness state test.

Final Exam

Students will take the End of Course Test. SkillsUSA SkillsUSA is a United States career and technical student organization serving more than 395,000 high school, college and middle

school students and professional members enrolled in training programs in trade, technical and skilled service occupations, including health occupations. Course of Study:  Introduction to Electronics  Investigating Basic Circuits  Introduction to Circuit Design

 Combinational Logic Design

 Universal Gates and K-Mapping  Combinational Logic Design  Introduction to Programmable Logical Devices  Sequential Logic Design ROBOTICS  Asynchronous and Synchronous Counters Many students also compete in the  Controlling Real World Systems Robotics competition.  Introduction to State Machines See more information in the separate  Introduction to Microcontrollers Robotics brochure!