INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL DESIGN USING VHDL
Professor: Marek Perkowski
THIS IS OFFICIAL COURSE DESCRIPTION
INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL DESIGN USING VHDL
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Fundamentals of Hardware Description Languages.
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VHDL Language syntax and semantics.
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Behavioral, functional, structural and register-transfer descriptions.
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Examples of two-level and multi-level combinational circuits.
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Algorithmic State Machines and Finite State Machines.
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Levels of system simulation.
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Behavioral descriptions in VHDL. Structural descriptions in VHDL.
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Pipelined and systolic processors.
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Systematic presentation of advanced VHDL language features.
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Current extensions to VHDL and expandable languages.
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Specification of controllers and data path architectures.
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Examples: convolver, Hough transform, logic processor.
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Microprogramming and systematic design of control units.
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Testability and verification.
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Using VHDL for systems from Field Programmable Gate Arrays.
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Several computer-based software mini-projects. Discussion of projects.
PREREQUISITE: graduate standing in EE.