ICS 331 Course Goals

The goal of this course is to explain the basics of computer hardware, including machine architecture, microprocessors, and logic circuits.

The UH catalog describes this course as follows:

ICS 331 Logic Design and Microprocessors (3) Basic machine architecture, microprocessors, bus organization, circuit elements, logic circuit analysis and design, microcomputer system design. Pre: 312 or consent. Co-requisite: 331L.
ICS 331L Logic Design and Microprocessors Lab (1) Use of laboratory tools, measurement and construction techniques, hardware debugging, interfacing techniques, microcomputer circuitry and construction. Co-requisite: 331.