Digital Design Colab Notebooks
This repository contains Google Colab pages for learning about and developing digital circuits. There are 3 types of notebooks.
Explanations about each type of Notebook can be found on the wiki.
Getting Started
If you're new to this repository and are looking for a place to start, this notebook explains what you need to know about Google Colabs in order to follow along with the rest of the notebooks. We recommend opening it in a new tab.
Notebook List
The notebooks are organized into 5 notebook sets.
Dataflow System Verilog
|Category| Notebook| Link| Description
|---|---|---|---|
|Lesson|Boolean Algebra| [](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Exercises/boolean_algebra/boolean_algebra.ipynb)|Introduction to the boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT. Creating equations with these operators and performing analysis with truth tables.|
|Lesson|Logic Gates| [](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Exercises/gates/gates.ipynb)|Implementing boolean logic using logic gates. Introduction to XOR operator. Analyzing circuit diagrams composed of logic gates.|
|Lab|Logic Gates|[](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Labs/gates_lab/gates_lab.ipynb)|This lab teaches how to use Gate Level logic (and, or, not) and how the Waveforms work. It doesn't require a board.|
|Lesson|Karnaugh Maps| [](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Exercises/karnaugh_maps/karnaugh_maps.ipynb)|Introduction to Karnough maps. Using Karnough maps to analyze boolean expressions.|
|Lesson|LUTs And Mux| [](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Exercises/luts_and_mux/luts_and_mux.ipynb)|Introduction to Look Up Tables and Multiplexers. How these building blocks are used in circuit design.|
|Lesson|Assign Operators| [](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Exercises/assign_operators/assign_operators.ipynb)|Introduction to system verilog. How to code simple logic using assign statments.|
|Lesson|Always_comb Blocks| [](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Exercises/always_comb/always_comb.ipynb)|Introduction to always_comb blocks in system verilog. How to use always comb blocks to implement complex logic in system verilog.|
|Lab|Dataflow System Verilog|[](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Labs/dataflow_lab/dataflow_lab.ipynb)|The user implements Dataflow system verilog in 4 functions in a simple project.|
Arithmetic
|Category| Notebook| Link| Description
|---|---|---|---|
|Lesson|Binary and Hexadecimal |[](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Exercises/binary_hex/binary_hex.ipynb)|Indrocuction to hinary and hexadeximal number systems. Conversions between decimal, binary, and hexadecimal.|
|Lesson|Twos Complement |[](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Exercises/twos_complement/twos_complement.ipynb)|Introduction to twos complement. Representing positive and negative integers with twos complement.|
|Lesson|Addition and Subtraction|[](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Exercises/addition_subtraction/addition_subtraction.ipynb)|Introduction to arithmetic operations on binary numbers. Adding and subtract on signed and unsigned binary numbers.|
|Lab|Arithmetic|[](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Labs/arithmetic_lab/arithmetic_lab.ipynb)|User implements an adder using multiple modules.|
Seven Segment Display
|Category| Notebook| Link| Description
|---|---|---|---|
|Lesson|Seven Segment Display| [](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab2/blob/master/Exercises/seven_segment/seven_segment_lesson.ipynb)|Explanation of how a seven segment display works and how to decode a binary input to make each number.|
|Lab|Seven Segment Display|[](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Labs/seven_segment_lab/seven_segment_lab.ipynb)| User implements a Binary to Seven Segment Hex Display converter |
Stopwatch
|Category| Notebook| Link| Description
|---|---|---|---|
|Lesson|Flip Flops|[](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Exercises/flip_flops/flip_flops.ipynb)|Introduction to sequential logic. How flip flops are created from logic gates.|
|Lesson|Registers|[](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Exercises/registers/registers.ipynb)|How to create registers from flip flops. How to perfom analysis with timing diagrams|
|Lesson|Sequential Logic |[](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Exercises/sequential_logic/sequential_logic.ipynb)|Introduction to always_ff blocks. How to create registers and implement sequential logic in SystemVeilog.|
|Lab|Stopwatch|[](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Labs/stopwatch_lab/stopwatch_lab.ipynb)| User implements a stopwatch using modules and hierarchical design. |
State Machines
|Category| Notebook| Link| Description
|---|---|---|---|
|Lesson|State Machines|[](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Exercises/state_machines/state_machines.ipynb) | User learns what state machines are and common errors when constructing them|
|Lab|State Machines|[](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Labs/state_machine_lab/state_machine_lab.ipynb)|User learns how to design state machines and how to code them|
Tutorials
There are also several tutorial notebooks that help users learn more about the open source tools being used, how to use our notebooks, and other helpful background information.
Tutorials
|Category| Notebook| Link| Description
|---|---|---|---|
|Tutorial|Notebook Functionality|[](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Tutorials/notebook_functionality/notebook_functionality.ipynb) |How to use Colab notebooks|
|Tutorial| XDC |[](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Tutorials/xdc_tutorial/xdc_tutorial.ipynb)|Demonstrates how the XDC file works and how to use it for a personal project.|
|Tutorial|Verilator Overview|[](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Tutorials/verilator_overview/verilator_overview.ipynb)| Shows what Verilator is, what it does, and how to troubleshoot the test benches. |
|Tutorial|Verilog With VS Code|[](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Tutorials/verilog_with_vs_code/verilog_with_vs_code.ipynb)|Demonstrates a better way to write verilog and how to set up VS Code|
|Tutorial|Bash File System|[](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Tutorials/bash_file_system/bash_file_system.ipynb)|How to view and navigate files in a notebook|
|Tutorial|Simulation Tools|[](https://colab.research.google.com/github/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Tutorials/using_simulation_tools/using_simulation_tools.ipynb)| Teaches more about WaveDrom and VCD.|
|Tutorial|Creating a lesson|[](https://github.com/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Tutorials/creating_lesson/your_lesson.ipynb)| Teaches more about how to create a lesson on your own.|
|Tutorial|Creating a lab|[](https://github.com/byuccl/digital_design_colab/blob/master/Tutorials/labTemplateFolder/lab_template.ipynb)| Teaches more about how to create a lab on your own.|