Practice - Design Overhead
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Practice Questions
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What is design overhead?
💡 Hint: Think about extra components in a circuit.
Name a key disadvantage of increasing circuit complexity.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when you add more roads in a city.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does design overhead refer to?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when you add more features to a house.
True or False: Adding scan chains decreases the power consumption of a circuit.
💡 Hint: Think about how adding more appliances increases the energy bill.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a hypothetical digital circuit that requires both scan chains for testability and minimal design overhead. Discuss the balance you'd strike.
💡 Hint: Think about which parts of a circuit would be essential for diagnostic purposes.
You are tasked with creating a portable device. What strategies do you employ to minimize both area and power consumption while ensuring test coverage through scan chains?
💡 Hint: Consider the nature of the device and its operational constraints.
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