SE 2DA4:
Digital Systems and Interfacing


NOTE: This page has not yet been updated for Sept 2023 School Term.

This page is intended for Software Engineering students taking my SE 2DA4 course.

Office hours: Thursdays 17:30-18:20.

Midterm: Friday Nov 4, 2022, 8-10pm. Location: T13 (room 123) will be people whose last name ends in A-K, T13 (room 125) will be people whose name ends in L-Z.

Labs: ITB/238.

Start of lab periods: Sept 19, 2022. Lab 1 posted Sept 13, 2022.

SFWR 2DA4 lecture slides, and lab handouts can be found here.

For a listing of sections covered in the Brown and Vranesic Text (3rd edition), see here.

For a listing of sections covered in the Brown and Vranesic Text (2nd edition), see here.

Altera Software: Quartus

For information on the Altera Quartus software, programming the board, setting up license manager in the lab, and other frequently asked questions, please check out the FAQ.

The second edition of the text contained tutorials (Appendices B, C, and D) for using the Alterra software that is missing from the third edition. They can be downloaded here.

Altera Hardware: DE1-SoC Boards

The department has more than 40 of these boards for your use in the lab (2019).


Ryan Leduc