Digital System Kit Reference

Manual
Contents
Overview ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1
Setup Breadboard ....................................................................................................................................................... 3
Power Supply .............................................................................................................................................................. 6
Cable Connection ........................................................................................................................................................ 7
Using Led .................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Using Switch................................................................................................................................................................ 9
Using Pulse Generator .............................................................................................................................................. 10
Using Clock Generator .............................................................................................................................................. 11
Working on Breadboard............................................................................................................................................. 12

Overview
This kit is designed for undergraduate engineering students to perform Digital System lab experiments
The kit has: 1 Mainboard, 1 Adapter, 5 Breadboard, ICs and Wires.

Breadboard
Mainboard

Adapter

Wires

Figure 1 Digital System Lab Kit

Main working area for Digital system lab:

Pin
Connector

Input Output Pin Input

Connector

Figure 2 Main working area on Mainboard

Lab Kit support environment to build most common digital circuit, with:
 Breadboard for circuit implement.
 Input Source: Switch, Button, Clock generator.
 Output: 7 Segment Led, Single Led.
 5V power supply.
Normal way to implement a lab:

Figure 3 Connection Model

Setup Breadboard
Below pictures will show you proper way to attach a breadboard to Mainboard of the Kit.

Figure 4 Attach one side of Breadboard

Firstly, attaching one side of Breadboard onto the Mainboard before do the same step for the other side. Notice that
you need to put Breadboard fit with locking edge position on Mainboard. And be aware of Power Source Port, it can
make the Breadboard stuck.

Locking edge

Power Pin
(Ground)

Figure 5 Position locking edge and Power source

 Figure 6 Left side Locking edge
Breadboard must be attached in the right position and direction (see picture above).
Finally, connect Power Source to Breadboard (5V and Ground).

Figure 7 Connect with 5V Power Source

 Figure 8 Connect Ground Power Source
If you need to replace a Breadboard, do all step above in reversed order. First of all, remove Power Connector and
place it to Power Source along like picture below.

Figure 9 Power connector at Idle position.

Be careful with this connector, it has sharp edge and can make some scratch on your hand.

You can use jumper wire to make this connection, instead of using Power Connecter.
 Figure 10 Setup Breadboard Completed

Power Supply
Main Power Supply of Mainboard form AC adapter through Power terminal. This power source will supply power for
Breadboard and other part on Mainboard. Mainboard power can be turn on and off by Power Switch.
After turn on Power Switch, Power Led must light up, if not, there are some error on your circuit or AC adapter have
problem! Check both of them to solve problem, if you can find out what are causes of problem, Call for HELP.
AC adapter using for Mainboard must has voltage output between 9 and 12V.

Power Switch at
state OFF
Power Terminal

Figure 11 Power terminal and Power Switch on Mainboard

 Power Led Power Switch
at state ON

Figure 12 Plug in Power Jack and turn on Power Switch

The Power Switch is a latch Switch, press one time will toggle stage of Switch (OFF -> ON or ON -> OFF).

Cable Connection
Having two types of Cable header: Female and Male. The Cable is used for making connection on your circuit.

Figure 14 Female connector Figure 13 Pin connector on Mainboard

Female header will be used to connect to Pin connector on Mainboard or other Male header.
Figure 16 Male connector Figure 15 Making connection on Breadboard

Male header will be used to making circuit connection on Breadboard or connecting with Female header.

Figure 17 Example making connection between 2 Pin on Mainboard with Breadboard

Using Led
On Mainboard, We have 8 single leds and 4 “7-segment” leds which will be used as standard logic output. Single
led use for single display or separated output. A 7-segment led use for output display in pair of 4 bits (max).
On Mainboard, it have 32 pins for 8 single leds, 4 per led, 2 per column at top and bottom. Led pin at column 1
connected with Led 1 and so on.
 Figure 19 Top Leds Pin Connector Figure 18 Bottom Leds Pin Connector
For 7-seg Led, it has four group of pins connector on top and bottom of Mainboard. Each group has 4 signals to
control 7-seg Led, you must connect all of 4 pin (A,B,C,D) for controlling them.

Figure 21 Top 7-seg Led Connector Figure 20 Bottom 7-seg Led Connector
Input for 7-seg led will be displayed with below rule, A,B,C,D will be mapped with value 0..15:

Using Switch
Mainboard has two groups of Switch ( SW1, SW2), each group has 8 single switch. With 16 single switch, we will be
able to generate 16 separated logics input for your circuit.
 Figure 22 Switch and Switch Pin at Bottom

Figure 23 Switch pin at Top

To change logic output of switch, you can turn single switch up or down(up : 0, down : 1).

Figure 24 Example: Use Switch to control 7-seg Led

Using Pulse Generator

Mainboard has two button to help you generate up and down Pulse.
 Figure 25 Button of Pulse generate, Top and Bottom Connector
At Button 1, when you press and release, it will generate 1 Up Pulse at BUT1 pin. At Button 2, when you press and
release, it will generate 1 Down Pulse at BUT2 pin.

Using Clock Generator

With Clock generator, you can use it as Pulse input, it support varying Frequency form 1 Hz to 1 KHz.

Control
Button

Figure 26 Frequency display and control button

Using Up and Down button to change Frequency, getting output at FREQ pin (top or bottom of Mainboard).

Figure 27 Bottom and Top Pin connector

Working on Breadboard
To implement circuit on breadboard, you need to know how it work. On Breadboard, it has 4 domains, 2 for power
source( 5V and Ground), 2 for circuit implement.

Power 5V

1 Column in domain Implement circuit

domain 1

Implement circuit
domain 2

Power Ground

Figure 28 Separate domains on Breadboard.

In 2 domains of Power(5V and Ground), each hole will be connected together by default mode, so you can connect
with any hole in these domain to get Power for your circuit.
In circuit implement domain, only group of hole in 1 column (in 1 domain) will be connected together by default. If 2
holes at 2 different column then it will NOT connected by default.
If you want to make connection between 2 holes at different column, you need connect it to wire by yourself.