Project Lead The Way Digital Electronics Resume 

• Computational and Analytical Skills
  • Use mathematical processes to convert any value between any number systems
  • Calculate voltage, current, and/or resistance for components in a complex circuit
  • Translate circuit designs, truth tables, design requirements into logic expressions
  • Simplify circuits using Boolean algebra theorems and DeMorgan’s theorems
  • Simplify a logic expression graphically using the Karnaugh Mapping process
• Digital Electronics Design Experience
  • Implement the design process to design a circuit
  • Design a circuit to meet voltage, current, or resistance design requirements
  • Select components in a design to produce a desired waveform
  • Implement the best combinational logic circuit design
  • Apply knowledge of logic gates to select an appropriate gate for the circuit design
  • Troubleshoot the design of a circuit by analysis and comparison to the truth table
  • Implement a circuit design based on logic expressions
  • Troubleshoot existing circuits based on logic expressions
  • Determine when NAND only or NOR only implementations are the most efficient
  • Implement a seven segment display into a circuit design
  • Determine when a common cathode or common anode seven segment display may perform better in a
    particular circuit design
  • Design a sequential circuit
  • Describe the function of XOR/XNOR gates in a circuit design
  • Design an adder/subtractor circuit related to the carry out and use on XOR gates
  • Design a desired frequency of a clock signal in a 555 timer design
  • Design a sequential logic circuit to produce a desired output
  • Design synchronous/asynchronous counter circuits based on design requirements
  • Design a state machine based on specific design requirements
  • Design a circuit with motors as outputs that operate at different voltage levels
  • Select and apply the most appropriate design method for circuit implementation
•   Practical Application Experience
  • Solder and de-solder components on printed circuit boards
  • Validate circuit design through measurement using a probe/oscilloscope and analysis of timing diagram
  • Select and apply the most appropriate technology for circuit implementation
  • Implement designs on an FPGA
  • Create a program to manage inputs and outputs of a microcontroller
•  Tools and Software
  • Oscilloscope
  • DMM
  • FPGA
  • Digital Mini System
  • Digital Logic Board
•  Professional Skills
  • Team collaboration
  • Project management
  • Problem-solving
  • Communication skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Technical writing
• Course Knowledge
  • Foundations of Electronics
  • Introduction to safety, electricity, and components
  • Introduction to common analog and digital circuit designs and applications
  • Combinational Logic
  • Designing AOI combinational logic circuits
  • Alternative Design: Universal gates and K-mapping
  • Specific combinational logic designs
  • Introduction to PLD design and circuit prototyping on a PLD
  • Sequential Logic
  • Sequential logic circuit design
  • D flip-flops, J/K flip-flops, and flip-flop applications
  • Asynchronous counters
  • Counter design SSI, MSI, and MOD asynchronous counters
  • Synchronous counters
  • Counter design SSI, MSI, and MOD synchronous counters
  • Controlling Real World Systems
  • Introduction to state machines
  • Introduction to sensors, motors, and state machine design
  • Introduction to microcontrollers