Universal logic implementer: a general purpose tool for a digital logic design laboratory

Abstract

The authors present a general purpose digital logic implementer, a tool designed to serve as a workstation for laboratory experiments in the digital logic and computer architecture courses taught in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Washington State University. The logic implementer is a versatile tool suitable for a wide spectrum of experiments, from simple gate-level implementation of logic circuits to the implementation of microprogrammed bit-slice processors. The basic features of the logic implementer include generality of applications, easy-to-use environment, and robust, reliable interconnections. >