Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

This is the a lab ("practice") part of the Digital Systems 1 which also consists of a lecture ("theoretical") part under a different CRN, and may be taught by a different instructor. The lecture part will account for 80% and the part 20% of your total grade in this course. The entire course (lecture plus lab) is a 4-credit course. For 4 credits, the college expects students to put in a total of 12 hours of in-class and out-of-class work. Be aware of your own learning styles and be realistic about how much time you’ll need to spend on this course. 

The lab part is listed as “in-person,” which means that you need to show up at the lab. Lab manual will be provided by the instructor each week and can be found on the D2L course website.

In addition to what will be provided to you in the lab, other software/hardware/equipment needed are:

-       Access to a computer with a modern operating system, network connection and a supported web browser;

-       Microsoft Office or equivalent (e.g. Google Docs), with the capability to save files in PDF format;

-       Be able to work with documents and upload to Assignments in D2L (see Assignments – Google Apps Integration | Learning Technology Help Desk at PCC);

-       If you use paper, the ability to scan in and create a single, multipage, PDF file using a smartphone or other scanning device;

-       A TI-89 Titanium calculator or equivalent.

Open lab hours are set and managed by our lab manager, Mr. Trung Le. If you have any questions or comments about open lab hours, please contact him.