Explore organization, design, simulation, synthesis, and testing of digital systems; hardware description languages (HDLs); field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs); hardware implementation of arithmetic and other algorithmic processes; state machine charts; microprogramming; and microprocessor design. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester. Electrical Engineering 460M and Electrical Engineering 460M may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering 312 (or Electrical Engineering 312) or 312H (or Electrical Engineering 312H), 316 (or Electrical Engineering 316), and 319K (or Electrical Engineering 319K) or 319H (or Electrical Engineering 319H) with a grade of at least C- in each.