AU First Year Engineering (Semester 2)
Digital Principles and System Design
December 2014
Total marks: --
Total time: --
INSTRUCTIONS
(1) Assume appropriate data and state your reasons
(2) Marks are given to the right of every question
(3) Draw neat diagrams wherever necessary


1 State the principle of duality.
2 M

2 Implement AND gate using only NOR gates.
2 M

3 Implement the following Boolean function using 8:1 multiplexer F(A,B,C)=∑m(1, 3, 5, 6).
2 M

4 Define hazard.
2 M

5 Distinguish Moore and Mealy circuit.
2 M

6 With reference to a JK flip flop, what is racing?
2 M

7 How many states are there in a 3-bit ring counter? What are they?
2 M

8 What is a Priority Encoder?
2 M

9 Whether PAL is same as PLA? Explain.
2 M

10 What is volatile memory? Give example.
2 M

Answer any one question from Q11 (a) & Q11 (b)
11 (a) Simplify the function F(w,x,y,z)=∑m(2, 3, 12, 13, 14, 15) using tabulation method. Implement the simplified function using gates.
16 M
11 (b) (i) Simplify the Boolean function in Sum of Products (SOP) and Product of Sums (POS) F(A, B, C, D)=∑m(0,1,2,5,8,9,10).
10 M
11 (b) (ii) Plot the following Boolean function in Karnaugh map and simplify it. F(w, x, y, z)=∑m (0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14).
6 M

Answer any one question from Q12 (a) & Q12 (b)
12 (a) Design and implement a 8421 to gray code converter. Realize the converter using only NAND gates.
16 M
12 (b) Design 2-bit Magnitude Comparator and write a Verilog HDL code.
16 M

Answer any one question from Q13 (a) & Q13 (b)
13 (a) Design a MOD-10 Synchronous counter using JK flip-flops. Write execution table and state table.
16 M
13 (b) (i) How race condition can be avoided in a flip flop?
8 M
13 (b) (ii) Realize the sequential circuit for the state diagram shown below.
8 M

Answer any one question from Q14(a) & Q14 (b)
14 (a) An asynchronous sequential circuit is described by the following excitation and output function.
Y=X1X2+(X1+X2)Y
Z=Y.
i) Draw the logic diagram of the circuit.
ii) Derive the transition table and output map.
iii) Describe the behaviour of the circuit.
16 M
14 (b) Design a synchronous counter using JK flip flop to count the following sequence 7, 4, 3, 1, 5, 0, 7, ....
16 M

Answer any one question from Q15 (a) & Q15(b)
15 (a) Design a BCD to Excess-3 code converter and implement using suitable PLA.
16 M
15 (b) Discuss on the concept of working and applications of semiconductor memories.
16 M



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