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04-BS-8: December 2014

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  1. Question 1 Code Comparison, Gray-to-Binary Conversion and NAND Synthesis
  2. Question 2 PAL vs. FPGA, PAL16L8 Implementation and FPGA Logic Blocks
  3. Question 3 Finite State Machine Design with D Flip-Flops
  4. Question 4 D-from-JK Conversion and a Minimum-Flip-Flop Down Counter
  5. Question 5 7-Bit Parity Generator and Checker Modification

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National Exams — December 2014 — 04-BS-8 Digital Logic Circuits. Three-hour, closed-book exam (Casio or Sharp approved calculator only; one hand-written 8.5"×11" aid sheet permitted). Format: five questions offered, each worth 25 marks (100 total); any four constitute a complete paper and only the first four appearing in the answer book are marked. All five are solved below for completeness.

Reference texts: Mano & Ciletti, Digital Design (6th ed., Pearson) — Boolean minimization, PAL/PLA/FPGA architectures, flip-flop conversion, sequential design, arithmetic circuits; Floyd, Digital Fundamentals (11th ed., Pearson) — multiplexers, code converters, counters, parity generation/checking.