Digital Design Colab Notebooks

This repository contains Google Colab pages for learning about and developing digital circuits. This repository contains colab examples for:

• Tutorials
• Learning Exercises
• Design Labs

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.

Master List

Master List

Category	Notebook	Link	Description
Tutorial	Notebook Functionality		How to use Colab notebooks
Lesson	Boolean Algebra		Introduction to the boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT. Creating equations with these operators and performing analysis with truth tables.
Lesson	Logic Gates		Implementing boolean logic using logic gates. Introduction to XOR operator. Analyzing circuit diagrams compsed of logic gates.
Lab	Logic Gates		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		Introduction to Karnough maps. Using Karnough maps to analyze boolean expressions.
Lesson	Binary and Hexadecimal		Indrocuction to hinary and hexadeximal number systems. Conversions between decimal, binary, and hexadecimal.
Tutorial	XDC		Demonstrates how the XDC file works and how to use it for a personal project.
Tutorial	Verilator Overview		Shows what Verilator is, what it does, and how to troubleshoot the test benches.
Tutorial	Verilog With VS Code		Demonstrates a better way to write verilog and how to set up VS Code
Tutorial	Bash File System		How to view and navigate files in a notebook
Tutorial	Simulation Tools		Teaches more about WaveDrom and VCD.
Lab	Dataflow System Verilog		The user implements Dataflow system verilog in 4 functions in a simple project.
Lesson	Twos Compliment		Introduction to twos complement. Representing positive and negative integers with twos complement.
Lesson	Addition and Subtraction		Introduction to arithmetic operations on binary numbers. Adding and subtract on signed and unsigned binary numbers.
Lesson	Luts And Mux		Introduction to Look Up Tables and Multiplexers. How these building blocks are used in circuit design.
Lesson	Assign Operators		Introduction to system verilog. How to code simple logic using assign statments.
Lesson	Always_comb Blocks		Introduction to always_comb blocks in system verilog. How to use always comb blocks to implement complex logic in system verilog.
Lesson	Flip Flops		Introduction to sequential logic. How flip flops are created from logic gates.
Lesson	Registers		How to create registers from flip flops. How to perfom analysis with timing diagrams
Lab	Arithmetic		User implements an adder using multiple modules.
Lab	Seven Segment Display		User implements a Binary to Seven Segment Hex Display converter
Lesson	Sequential Logic		Introduction to always_ff blocks. How to create registers and implement sequential logic in SystemVeilog.
Lab	Stopwatch		User implements a stopwatch using modules and hierarchical design.
Lab	State Machines		User learns what state machines are and how to code them