Modulets indhold, forløb og pædagogik

Purpose:

To introduce basic digital circuits and show the entire road from basic circuits to entire embedded systems.

Course outline:

• Basic digital circuits - gates, truth tables, boolean algebra etc.
• The flip-flop - various formes and a basic counter
• Introduction to an FPGA, and how such can be used to make digital circuits - do gate stuff and counters in the FPGA
• Getting familiar with the FPGA - do more basic digital circuits in the FPGA
• Introduction to the FSM and how to design using such.
• Introduction to the FSMD and practical examples
• Introduction to processor architectures, Harvard/von Neuman. The MIC-1 - evt. ALU?
• Build your own processor - I: Show how it is possible to include a simple processor IP-core, and make it run inside the FPGA, and write simple assembly code that it will excecute.
• Build your own processor - II: Show how it is possible to interact with peripherals - different RAM types, parallel and serial busses, interrupts, etc.
• Examples of RS-232 peripheral designs (self study)
• Examples of Ethernet peripheral designs (self study)
• Practical example of codesign - maybe sound?
• Practical example of codesign - maybe control?
• Practical example of codesign - maybe SDR?
• Practical FPGA design: board design and configuration mechanisms,
• Introduction to the JTAG standard 

Læringsmål

Viden

•  om hvordan gates er opbygget af basale komponenter
• om hvordan man kan regne på boolske udtryk
• om de forskellige muligheder der er for at opbygge et mikrodatamatsystem
• om forskellige platforme hvorpå ens mikrodatamatsystem kan implementeres
• om forskellige syntesesprog, som kan benyttes i designet

Færdigheder

• indenfor interfacing til FSM og FSMD blokke, inkl. fra 3. part
• indenfor de til faget hørende elementære byggeblokke, f.eks.
  • Gates
  • Flip-Flops
  • LUT
  • ALU
  • Pipeline
  • Busser og bustyper
• Krav og begrænsninger til interfaces imellem disse blokke, f.eks.
  • Timing
  • Clock skew

Kompetencer

• indenfor design af simple FSM og FSMD blokke
• indenfor systemdesign, hvori der indgår et antal IP blokke, som skal interagere

Undervisningsform

Forelæsninger, opgaveregning, workshops, selvstudie

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