Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

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

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• about the electronic architecture of logical gates
• about calculation of boolean expressions
• about the different possibilities of implementing a micro-computer system
• about different platforms on which a micro-computer system can be implemented
• about different synthesis languages that can be used in the design

Skills

• within interfacing of FSM and FSMD blocks, incl. 3rd party
• within elementary building blocks of the field, e.g.
  • Gates
  • Flip-Flops
  • LUT
  • ALU
  • Pipeline
  • Busses and bus types
• requirements and limitations of interfaces between these blocks, e.g.
  • Timing
  • Clock skew

Competences

• within design of simple FSM and FSMD blocks
• within systems design incorporating a number of IP blocks with interaction

Type of instruction

Lectures with assignment and self-study

Exam

Exams