Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals

Chapter 1 – Digital Systems

and Information

Charles Kime & Thomas Kaminski

© 2008 Pearson Education, Inc.
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Overview

 Digital Systems, Computers, and Beyond

 Information Representation
 Number Systems [binary, octal and hexadecimal]
 Arithmetic Operations
 Base Conversion
 Decimal Codes [BCD (binary coded decimal)]
 Alphanumeric Codes
 Parity Bit
 Gray Codes

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DIGITAL & COMPUTER SYSTEMS - Digital
System

 Takes a set of discrete information inputs and discrete

internal information (system state) and generates a set
of discrete information outputs.

Discrete Discrete
Inputs Information
Processing Discrete
System Outputs

System State
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Types of Digital Systems

 No state present
• Combinational Logic System
• Output = Function(Input)
 State present
• State updated at discrete times
=> Synchronous Sequential System
• State updated at any time
=>Asynchronous Sequential System
• State = Function (State, Input)
• Output = Function (State)
or Function (State, Input)

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 Digital System Example:

A Digital Counter (e. g., odometer):

Count Up
Reset 0 0 1 3 5 6 4

Inputs: Count Up, Reset

Outputs: Visual Display
State: "Value" of stored digits

Synchronous or Asynchronous?

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 Digital Computer Example

Memory

Control
CPU unit Datapath

Inputs:
Outputs: LCD
keyboard, mouse,
screen, wireless,
wireless, Input/Output speakers
microphone
Synchronous or
Asynchronous?
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And Beyond – Embedded Systems

 Computers as integral parts of other

products
 Examples of embedded computers
• Microcomputers
• Microcontrollers
• Digital signal processors

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Embedded Systems

 Examples of Embedded Systems

Applications
• Cell phones
• Automobiles
• Video games
• Copiers
• Dishwashers
• Flat Panel TVs
• Global Positioning Systems
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INFORMATION REPRESENTATION - Signals

 Information variables represented by physical

quantities. 
 For digital systems, the variables take on discrete
values.
 Two level, or binary values are the most prevalent
values in digital systems. 
 Binary values are represented abstractly by:
• digits 0 and 1
• words (symbols) False (F) and True (T)
• words (symbols) Low (L) and High (H)
• and words On and Off.
 Binary values are represented by values or ranges of
values of physical quantities

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Signal Examples Over Time

Time
Continuous in
value & time
Analog

Digital Discrete in
value &
Asynchronous continuous in
time
Discrete in
Synchronous
value & time

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Signal Example – Physical Quantity: Voltage

Threshold
Region

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Binary Values: Other Physical Quantities

 What are other physical quantities

represent 0 and 1?
• CPU Voltage
• Disk Magnetic Field Direction
• CD Surface Pits/Light
• Dynamic RAM Electrical Charge

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 NUMBER SYSTEMS – Representation

 Positive radix, positional number systems

 A number with radix r is represented by a
string of digits:
An - 1An - 2 … A1A0 . A- 1 A- 2 … A- m  1 A- m
in which 0 Ai < r and . is the radix point.
 The string of digits represents the power series:

 r   r
i=n-1 j=-1
(Number)r = i j
Ai Aj
i=0 j=-m
(Integer Portion) + (Fraction Portion)
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 Number Systems – Examples

General Decimal Binary

Radix (Base) r 10 2
Digits 0 => r - 1 0 => 9 0 => 1
0 r0 1 1
1 r1 2 10
2 r2 4 100
3 r3 8 1000
Powers of 4 r4 16 10,000
r5 32 100,000
Radix 5 r -1 0.5 0.1
-1 r -2 0.25 0.01
-2 r -3 0.125 0.001
-3 r -4 0.0625 0.0001
-4 r -5 0.03125 0.00001
-5
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Special Powers of 2

 210 (1024) is Kilo, denoted "K"

 220 (1,048,576) is Mega, denoted "M"

 230 (1,073, 741,824)is Giga, denoted "G"

 240 (1,099,511,627,776 ) is Tera, denoted “T"

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ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS - Binary
Arithmetic

 Single Bit Addition with Carry

 Multiple Bit Addition
 Single Bit Subtraction with Borrow
 Multiple Bit Subtraction
 Multiplication
 BCD Addition

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Single Bit Binary Addition with Carry

Given two binary digits (X,Y), a carry in (Z) we get the

following sum (S) and carry (C):
Carry in (Z) of 0: Z 0 0 0 0
X 0 0 1 1
+Y +0 +1 +0 +1
CS 00 01 01 10

Carry in (Z) of 1: Z 1 1 1 1
X 0 0 1 1
+Y +0 +1 +0 +1
CS 01 10 10 11

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Multiple Bit Binary Addition

 Extending this to two multiple bit

examples:
Carries 0 0
Augend 01100 10110
Addend +10001 +10111
Sum
 Note: The 0 is the default Carry-In to
the least significant bit.

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Single Bit Binary Subtraction with Borrow
 Given two binary digits (X,Y), a borrow in (Z) we
get the following difference (S) and borrow (B):
 Borrow in (Z) of 0: Z
       

0 0 0 0
       

X 0 0 1 1
       

-Y -0 -1 -0 -1
       

BS 00 11 01 00
 Borrow in (Z) of 1: Z  

1
 

1
 

1
 

1
       

X 0 0 1 1
       

-Y -0 -1 -0 -1
       

BS 11 10 00 11
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 Multiple Bit Binary Subtraction

 Extending this to two multiple bit examples:

Borrows 0 0
Minuend 10110 10110
Subtrahend - 10010 - 10011
Difference
 Notes: The 0 is a Borrow-In to the least significant
bit. If the Subtrahend > the Minuend, interchange
and append a – to the result.

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Binary Multiplication

The binary multiplication table is simple:

00=0 | 10=0 | 01=0 | 11=1
Extending multiplication to multiple digits:
Multiplicand 1011
Multiplier x 101
Partial Products 1011
0000 -
1011 - -
Product 110111
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BASE CONVERSION - Positive Powers of 2

 Useful for Base Conversion

Exponent Value Exponent Value
0 1 11 2,048
1 2 12 4,096
2 4 13 8,192
3 8 14 16,384
4 16 15 32,768
5 32 16 65,536
6 64 17 131,072
7 128 18 262,144
8 256 19 524,288
9 512 20 1,048,576
10 1024 21 2,097,152
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Converting Binary to Decimal

 To convert to decimal, use decimal arithmetic

to form  (digit × respective power of 2).
 Example:Convert 110102 to N10:  

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Converting Decimal to Binary
 Method 1
• Subtract the largest power of 2 (see slide 14) that gives a
positive remainder and record the power.
• Repeat, subtracting from the prior remainder and
recording the power, until the remainder is zero.
• Place 1’s in the positions in the binary result corresponding
to the powers recorded; in all other positions place 0’s.
 Example: Convert 62510 to N2

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Commonly Occurring Bases

Name Radix Digits

Binary 2 0,1
Octal 8 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Decimal 10 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Hexadecimal 16 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D,E,F
 The six letters (in addition to the 10
integers) in hexadecimal represent:

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Numbers in Different Bases

 Good idea to memorize!

Decimal Binary Octal Hexadecimal
(Base 10) (Base 2) (Base 8) (Base 16)
00 00000 00 00
01 00001 01 01
02 00010 02 02
03 00011 03 03
04 00100 04 04
05 00101 05 05
06 00110 06 06
07 00111 07 07
08 01000 10 08
09 01001 11 09
10 01010 12 0A
11 01011 13 0B
12 01100 14 0C
13 01101 15 0D
14 01110 16 0E
15 01111 17 0F
16 10000 20 10
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Conversion Between Bases

 Method 2
 To convert from one base to another:
1) Convert the Integer Part
2) Convert the Fraction Part
3) Join the two results with a radix point

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Conversion Details

 To Convert the Integral Part:

Repeatedly divide the number by the new radix and
save the remainders. The digits for the new radix are
the remainders in reverse order of their computation.
If the new radix is > 10, then convert all remainders >
10 to digits A, B, …
 To Convert the Fractional Part:
Repeatedly multiply the fraction by the new radix and
save the integer digits that result. The digits for the
new radix are the integer digits in order of their
computation. If the new radix is > 10, then convert all
integers > 10 to digits A, B, …
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Example: Convert 46.687510 To Base 2

 Convert 46 to Base 2

 Convert 0.6875 to Base 2:

 Join the results together with the

radix point:
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Additional Issue - Fractional Part

 Note that in this conversion, the fractional part

can become 0 as a result of the repeated
multiplications.
 In general, it may take many bits to get this to
happen or it may never happen.
 Example Problem: Convert 0.6510 to N2
• 0.65 = 0.1010011001001 …
• The fractional part begins repeating every 4 steps
yielding repeating 1001 forever!
 Solution: Specify number of bits to right of
radix point and round or truncate to this
number.
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Checking the Conversion

To convert back, sum the digits times their

respective powers of r. 
From the prior conversion of  46.687510
1011102 = 1·32 + 0·16 +1·8 +1·4 + 1·2 +0·1
= 32 + 8 + 4 + 2
= 46
0.10112 = 1/2 + 1/8 + 1/16
= 0.5000 + 0.1250 + 0.0625
= 0.6875

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Why Do Repeated Division and
Multiplication Work?
 Divide the integer portion of the power series on
slide 11 by radix r. The remainder of this
division is A0, represented by the term A0/r.
 Discard the remainder and repeat, obtaining
remainders A1, …
 Multiply the fractional portion of the power
series on slide 11 by radix r. The integer part of
the product is A-1.
 Discard the integer part and repeat, obtaining
integer parts A-2, …
 This demonstrates the algorithm for any radix r
>1.
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Octal (Hexadecimal) to Binary and
Back
 Octal (Hexadecimal) to Binary:
• Restate the octal (hexadecimal) as three
(four) binary digits starting at the radix
point and going both ways.
 Binary to Octal (Hexadecimal):
• Group the binary digits into three (four) bit
groups starting at the radix point and going
both ways, padding with zeros as needed in
the fractional part.
• Convert each group of three bits to an octal
(hexadecimal) digit.

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Octal to Hexadecimal via Binary

 Convert octal to binary.

 Use groups of four bits and convert as above to
hexadecimal digits.
 Example: Octal to Binary to Hexadecimal
6 3 5 . 1 7 7 8

 Why do these conversions work?

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A Final Conversion Note

 You can use arithmetic in other bases if

you are careful:
 Example: Convert 1011102 to Base 10
using binary arithmetic:
Step 1 101110 / 1010 = 100 r 0110
Step 2 100 / 1010 = 0 r 0100
Converted Digits are 01002 | 01102
or 4 6 10

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Binary Numbers and Binary Coding

 Flexibility of representation
• Within constraints below, can assign any binary
combination (called a code word) to any data as long
as data is uniquely encoded.
 Information Types
• Numeric
 Must represent range of data needed
 Very desirable to represent data such that simple,
straightforward computation for common arithmetic
operations permitted
 Tight relation to binary numbers
• Non-numeric
 Greater flexibility since arithmetic operations not applied.
 Not tied to binary numbers

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Non-numeric Binary Codes

 Given n binary digits (called bits), a binary code

is a mapping from a set of represented elements
to a subset of the 2n binary numbers.
 Example: A Color Binary Number
binary code Red 000
for the seven Orange 001
Yellow 010
colors of the
Green 011
rainbow Blue 101
 Code 100 is Indigo 110
Violet 111
not used

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Number of Bits Required

 Given M elements to be represented by a

binary code, the minimum number of
bits, n, needed, satisfies the following
relationships:
2n  M > 2(n – 1)
n = log2 M where x , called the ceiling
function, is the integer greater than or
equal to x.
 Example: How many bits are required to
represent decimal digits with a binary
code?
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Number of Elements Represented

 Given n digits in radix r, there are rn

distinct elements that can be represented.
 But, you can represent m elements, m <
rn
 Examples:
• You can represent 4 elements in radix r = 2
with n = 2 digits: (00, 01, 10, 11).
• You can represent 4 elements in radix r = 2
with n = 4 digits: (0001, 0010, 0100, 1000).
• This second code is called a "one hot" code.
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DECIMAL CODES - Binary Codes for Decimal
Digits
 There are over 8,000 ways that you can chose 10 elements
from the 16 binary numbers of 4 bits. A few are useful:

Decimal 8,4,2,1 Excess3 8,4,-2,-1 Gray

0 0000 0011 0000 0000
1 0001 0100 0111 0100
2 0010 0101 0110 0101
3 0011 0110 0101 0111
4 0100 0111 0100 0110
5 0101 1000 1011 0010
6 0110 1001 1010 0011
7 0111 1010 1001 0001
8 1000 1011 1000 1001
9 1001 1100 1111 1000

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Binary Coded Decimal (BCD)

 The BCD code is the 8,4,2,1 code.

 8, 4, 2, and 1 are weights
 BCD is a weighted code
 This code is the simplest, most intuitive binary
code for decimal digits and uses the same
powers of 2 as a binary number, but only
encodes the first ten values from 0 to 9.
 Example: 1001 (9) = 1000 (8) + 0001 (1)
 How many “invalid” code words are there?
 What are the “invalid” code words?

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Excess 3 Code and 8, 4, –2, –1 Code

Decimal Excess 3 8, 4, –2, –1

0 0011 0000
1 0100 0111
2 0101 0110
3 0110 0101
4 0111 0100
5 1000 1011
6 1001 1010
7 1010 1001
8 1011 1000
9 1100 1111
 What interesting property is common
to these two codes?
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Warning: Conversion or Coding?

 Do NOT mix up conversion of a decimal

number to a binary number with coding
a decimal number with a BINARY
CODE. 
 1310 = 11012 (This is conversion) 
 13  0001|0011 (This is coding)

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BCD Arithmetic
 Given a BCD code, we use binary arithmetic to add the digits:
8 1000 Eight
+5 +0101 Plus 5
13 1101 is 13 (> 9)
 Note that the result is MORE THAN 9, so must be
represented by two digits!
 To correct the digit, subtract 10 by adding 6 modulo 16.
8 1000 Eight
+5 +0101 Plus 5
13 1101 is 13 (> 9)
+0110 so add 6
carry = 1 0011 leaving 3 + cy
0001 | 0011 Final answer (two digits)
 If the digit sum is > 9, add one to the next significant digit
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BCD Addition Example

 Add 2905BCD to 1897BCD showing

carries and digit corrections.
0
0001 1000 1001 0111
+ 0010 1001 0000 0101

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ALPHANUMERIC CODES - ASCII Character
Codes
 American Standard Code for Information
Interchange (Refer to Table 1-4 in the text)
 This code is a popular code used to represent
information sent as character-based data. It uses
7-bits to represent:
• 94 Graphic printing characters.
• 34 Non-printing characters
 Some non-printing characters are used for text
format (e.g. BS = Backspace, CR = carriage return)
 Other non-printing characters are used for record
marking and flow control (e.g. STX and ETX start
and end text areas).

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ASCII Properties

ASCII has some interesting properties:

 Digits 0 to 9 span Hexadecimal values 3016 to 3916 .
 Upper case A-Z span 4116 to 5A16 .
 Lower case a -z span 6116 to 7A16 .
• Lower to upper case translation (and vice versa)
occurs by flipping bit 6.
 Delete (DEL) is all bits set, a carryover from when
punched paper tape was used to store messages.
 Punching all holes in a row erased a mistake!

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PARITY BIT Error-Detection Codes

 Redundancy (e.g. extra information), in the

form of extra bits, can be incorporated into
binary code words to detect and correct errors.

 A simple form of redundancy is parity, an extra

bit appended onto the code word to make the
number of 1’s odd or even. Parity can detect all
single-bit errors and some multiple-bit errors.
 A code word has even parity if the number of
1’s in the code word is even.
 A code word has odd parity if the number of
1’s in the code word is odd.
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4-Bit Parity Code Example

 Fill in the even and odd parity bits:

Even Parity Odd Parity
Message - Parity Message - Parity
000 - 000 -
001 - 001 -
010 - 010 -
011 - 011 -
100 - 100 -
101 - 101 -
110 - 110 -
111 - 111 -
 The codeword "1111" has even parity and the
codeword "1110" has odd parity. Both can be used
to represent 3-bit data.
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GRAY CODE – Decimal

Decimal 8,4,2,1 Gray

0 0000 0000
1 0001 0100
2 0010 0101
3 0011 0111
4 0100 0110
5 0101 0010
6 0110 0011
7 0111 0001
8 1000 1001
9 1001 1000

 What special property does the Gray code have

in relation to adjacent decimal digits?

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Optical Shaft Encoder

 Does this special Gray code property

have any value?
 An Example: Optical Shaft Encoder
111 000 100 000
B0
B1
110 001 101 001
B2

G2
G1
111 G0
101 010 011

100 011 110 010

(a) Binary Code for Positions 0 through 7 (b) Gray Code for Positions 0 through 7
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Shaft Encoder (Continued)

 How does the shaft encoder work?

 For the binary code, what codes may be

produced if the shaft position lies
between codes for 3 and 4 (011 and 100)?

 Is this a problem?

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Shaft Encoder (Continued)

 For the Gray code, what codes may be

produced if the shaft position lies
between codes for 3 and 4 (010 and 110)?

 Is this a problem?

 Does the Gray code function correctly for

these borderline shaft positions for all
cases encountered in octal counting?
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UNICODE

 UNICODE extends ASCII to 65,536

universal characters codes
• For encoding characters in world languages
• Available in many modern applications
• 2 byte (16-bit) code words
• See Reading Supplement – Unicode on the
Companion Website
http://www.prenhall.com/mano

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