ChapterZero

I’ve spent all day (since 12) working on DLD (Digital Logic and Design) stuff; it is now 7:27pm, and I don’t anticipate leaving the lab until 9. Of course, the first hour was only class, but after that, I’ve been working on the last two labs, which are due on Monday: design and simulate (lab 1) then implement (lab 2), a traffic light controller. The circuit is only designed to control six lights (the lights on an intersection of two one way streets), but it is proving to be a real pain. We finished the computer simulations and design portion an hour ago, but we can’t seem to implement the counter in hardware. And this counter is about as hard as our lab final will be. I have no problem with staying here late to do a lab, that’s the name of the game after all, but I am not liking the idea that it’s taking us this long to work out all the kninks in our hardware implementation– during the final, we will have only one hour to design, implement in hardware, and debug our counter circuits. Anyhow, back to work now.