An introduction to basic computer hardware, machine language, assembly language, and C programming.

1. To understand the structure and operation of a modern computer from the ground up.
2. Understand basic hardware concepts: digital circuits, gates, bits, bytes, number representation
3. Understand the Von Neumann model and the structure and operation of a basic data path
4. Understand the structure and function of machine language instructions
5. Understand the structure and function of a symbolic assembly language
6. Understand basic concepts of computer systems such as the runtime stack, simple I/O devices
7. Introduce the C language with particular emphasis on the underlying assembly and machine language as well as interaction with hardware.

• (Competency Knowledge) Be able to identify and/or construct basic digital structures such as MOS FET logic gates, decoders, multiplexors, adders, memory.
• (Competency Application) Be able to construct a state machine diagram and then implement it as a finite state machine circuit.
• (Competency Comprehension) Understand data representation. Be able to convert numbers between various representations: Binary, octal, decimal, hexadecimal, and IEEE Floating Point.
• (Competency Knowledge) Be able to identify the component parts of the Von Neumann Model of computer and be able to explain the purpose of each component.
• (Competency Synthesis) Be able to write, debug and run assembly language programs including recursive subroutines, traps, basic input/output.
• (Accomplishment Synthesis) Be able to write, debug and run multi-file C programs several hundred lines long using "make" to compile and execute said programs.
• (Competency Synthesis) Be able to utilize (in C programs) proper typing and casting constructs, structs, pointers and arrays, functions, function pointers, dynamic memory allocation and variables of different storage classes (auto, static, volatile, etc.)

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• Homework 01 - Bases and Bitwise Operations
• Homework 02 - Digital Logic and the ALU
• Homework 03 - Sequential Logic & State Machines
• Homework 04 - LC-3 Datapath
• Homework 05 - Intro to Assembly
• Homework 06 - Subroutines and Calling Conventions
• Homework 07 - Intro to C
• Homework 08 - GBA
• Homework 09 - Dynamic Memory
• Homework 10 - Implementing Malloc

• Timed Lab 01 - Arithmetic Logic Units
• Timed Lab 02 - Finite State Machines
• Timed Lab 03 - Subroutines and Calling Conventions
• Timed Lab 04 - C

• Coding Part 1 - LC-3 Assembly
• Coding Part 2 - C