Digital Electronics Interview

Anima

I'm supposed to be going for an interview this week. It's a graduate position in a small firm that make specific ASIC/FPGA stuff for clients. I've never gone for an interview before so I'm bricking it a little bit. Any help would be a bonus!

They're asking for a mix of digital logic design (vhdl etc) and object orientated programming (c++, java). So anyone know what kind of questions they might ask? Or any areas I should know very well?

I have the programming side down I think but my digital stuff is a bit rusty and I have no idea what they might ask.

Thanks!

-K2-

Anima wrote: »

I'm supposed to be going for an interview this week. It's a graduate position in a small firm that make specific ASIC/FPGA stuff for clients. I've never gone for an interview before so I'm bricking it a little bit. Any help would be a bonus!

They're asking for a mix of digital logic design (vhdl etc) and object orientated programming (c++, java). So anyone know what kind of questions they might ask? Or any areas I should know very well?

I have the programming side down I think but my digital stuff is a bit rusty and I have no idea what they might ask.

Thanks!

At the very least I'd review:

• Basic boolean algebra
• Logic gates: AND, OR, NAND, NOR, NOT gates etc.
• Karnaugh maps
• Transistors as switches
• Registers, muxes, flip-flops, counters, oscillators, ALUs, memory, state machines, FPGAs
• Maybe some DSP
• ADCs, DACs
• Basic VHDL/Verilog
• EDA tools and toolchains

You would be surprised at the level of basic questions which are asked, even for experienced engineers.

Anima

Thanks, thats exactly what I was looking for. I'll read over that stuff now!