8) This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level, required for this unit. Evidence shall show that knowledge has been acquired of safe working practices and designing and developing advanced digital systems. All knowledge and skills detailed in this unit should be contextualised to current industry practices and technologies. KS01-EH148A Advanced digital systems design and development Evidence shall show an understanding of advanced digital systems design and development, applying safe working practices and relevant Standards, Codes and Regulations to an extent indicated by the following aspects: T1. Design techniques for combinational and sequential logic circuits (as a minimum a three levels, four input circuit). equation writing, reduction propagation delay calculation T2. Design of complex sequential logic circuits (as a minimum a three levels sequential circuit) using current techniques - equation writing, reduction, propagation delay calculation, etc. T3. Selection of current types of oscillators based on their characteristics and operation. T4. Selection of current memory and storage devices based on their characteristics and operation - (eg flash, I2C) T5. Connection of test/measuring devices into a circuit encompassing: safety procedures circuit arrangement using test/measuring devices(eg multimeters, voltage and digital testers, signal generators and oscilloscopes) Taking readings Storage, maintenance and care of test/measuring devices T6. Electronic Safe working practices Application of risk management principles Control measures for dealing with non-electrical hazards extra-low voltage hazards low-voltage hazards high-voltage hazards high-current hazards T7. Digital to analogue conversion Applications of D/A converters Summing D/A converters R-2R D/A converters Verification of circuit operation of an IC D/A converter Selection of an D to A for use in a digital application based on their characteristics and operation. T8. Analogue to digital conversion Applications of A/D converters Digital ramp, dual slope, successive approximation and simultaneous (flash) A/D converters. Verification of circuit operation of an IC A/D converter Selection of an A to D for use in a digital application based on their characteristics and operation. T9. Programmable logic devices Types of programmable logic devices Comparison between different programmable logic devices Programmable Logic Devices (PLD) and CPLDs Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) Programming and verifying correct operation |