Certificate Course in Computer Maintenance

The Guru Nanak Dev University's Faculty of Engineering and Technology offers Certificate Course in Computer Maintenance to its students. The course structure for it is as follows:

PC Organization
PC Assembling and Installation

Boolean algebra & logic gates
Decoders and multiplexers, flip-flops, Sequential Circuits, Encoders, RS FLIP-FLOP, Clocked RS flip flop, D flip –flop, Edge- triggered D flip –flop, Flip –flop switching time, JK flip –flop, Counters, binary counters, Binary counter with parallel load.

Microprocessor & support chips

Digital computers, microprocessor, Arithmetic / logic unit, register unit, control unit, input / output, memory, System bus, How does the microcomputer work? Microprocessor architecture and its operations, Peripheral or externally initiated operations Bus System Pentium, Microcomputer system, Hardware and software, Number system and codes (ASCII) Memory, types of memory, memory

organization, Memory access time, memory cycle time Input output techniques, Device controller, Error detecting techniques, Peripheral devices (keyboard, CRT, Printer, Magnetic storage device like FDD & HDD ; mouse, modem, scanner digital camera and DVD),

PC Hardware overview (SMPS, mother board, mode switch, front penal indicator, speaker, PROM, ROM, FDD, PC expansion board), Flop-flop, Coder-decoder.