Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Must have knowledge about methodologies applied for resource optimal mapping of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) algorithms onto application specific reconfigurable hardware/software (HW/SW) platforms.
• Must have knowledge about analytical, numerical, experimental and simulation based methods for assessing selected cost function parameters typically associated with such real-time systems.

Skills

• Must be able to apply analysis/design/implementation/test methods and -tools for the optimization of 1) performance and 2) resource usage when mapping DSP algorithms onto dedicated real-time HW and/or SW architectures.
• Must be able to apply theories, methods, and techniques for analysis, design, implementation, and test of reconfigurable real-time hardware systems.
• Must be able to evaluate, compare, and optimize the quality of selected parts of the overall system in terms of e.g., chip area, execution time, memory usage, energy consumption, and/or numerical properties.
• Must be able to present, justify, and argue for the methodological, structural (system component related), and physical (technological) choices made when analyzing, designing, implementing, and testing reconfigurable and/or low energy DSP systems.
• The student must be able to select the most appropriate tool(s) for solving the problem.

Competences

• Using the above mentioned knowledge and skills, the student must be able to identify, prioritize, and apply in a structured manner the set of tasks needed for solving a DSP problem which in its solution naturally involves or require a reconfigurable real-time HW/SW platform.
• The student must be able to create and plan the work and development processes as needed for solving systematically such a problem.
• Must be able to initiate the above mentioned task independently, critically, and responsibly.

Type of instruction

As described in the introduction to Chapter 3.

Exam

Exams