Tools for Digital Design

Data is displayed for academic year: 2023./2024.

Lecturers

Prof.
Mladen Vučić

Course Description

Trends in development of complex digital systems. Digital design based on hardware description languages (HDL). Hierarchical design. Element and data flow modeling. HDL model; entity and architecture. System level design; behavioral model, test bench, register transfer level (RTL) model. Interface to the environment. Source code organization. Practical aspects of design using HDL. Design of combinational and sequential functions. HDL design of state machines. Design of digital signal processing systems. Implementation. Functional and timing simulation of gate level model. New generations of programmable logic devices (CPLD), arrays (FPGA) and systems (SoC). State of the art in technology of programmable devices, their configuration and verification. Intellectual property. Development systems and tools. Design example.

Study Programmes

University undergraduate
[FER3-EN] Computing - study
Elective Courses (5. semester)
[FER3-EN] Electrical Engineering and Information Technology - study
Elective Courses (5. semester)

Learning Outcomes

  1. describe system level design
  2. describe the architecture of CPLD, FPGA andSoC circuits
  3. employ a hardware description language (HDL)
  4. develop a digital system using hardware description language
  5. categorize the requirements set on a digital system
  6. assemble digital subsystems into a complete system
  7. analyze the data obtained by testing of digital systems

Forms of Teaching

Lectures

Lectures

Independent assignments

Individual tasks

Laboratory

Laboratory exercises

Grading Method

Continuous Assessment Exam
Type Threshold Percent of Grade Threshold Percent of Grade
Laboratory Exercises 0 % 20 % 0 % 20 %
Mid Term Exam: Written 0 % 35 % 0 %
Final Exam: Written 0 % 45 %
Exam: Written 50 % 80 %
Comment:

The pass is acquired if minimum 50% is gained of the available score on the written part of the exam.

Week by Week Schedule

  1. Principles, System level design
  2. Language elements
  3. Behavioral model, Language elements
  4. Register transfer level (RTL) model, Language elements
  5. Language elements, Practical examples in VHDL and Verilog
  6. Code structure and organization, Practical examples in VHDL and Verilog
  7. Practical examples in VHDL and Verilog, Test bench, Functional simulation
  8. Midterm exam
  9. Measures of complexity, Implementation platforms ASICS, FPGA, CPLD
  10. Computer-aided design tools that process hardware and architectural representations, Implementation platforms ASICS, FPGA, CPLD
  11. Computer-aided design tools that process hardware and architectural representations, Generic and vendor agnostic design
  12. Practical examples in VHDL and Verilog, Timing simulation
  13. Computer-aided design tools that process hardware and architectural representations, Case study
  14. Case study, Formal verification of digital systems
  15. Final exam

Literature

M. Vučić, G. Molnar (2018.), Alati za razvoj digitalnih sustava - Materijali za predavanja I, FER-ZESOI
M. Vučić, G. Molnar (2009.), Alati za razvoj digitalnih sustava - Materijali za predavanja II, FER-ZESOI
M. Vučić, G. Molnar (2009.), Alati za razvoj digitalnih sustava - Materijali za predavanja III, FER-ZESOI
M. Butorac, G. Molnar, M. Vučić (2015.), Alati za razvoj digitalnih sustava - Upute za praktični rad I,
G. Molnar, M. Vučić (2009.), Alati za razvoj digitalnih sustava - Upute za praktični rad II, FER-ZESOI
P. J. Ashenden (2008.), The Designer's Guide to VHDL, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
P. J. Ashenden (2008.), Digital Design - An Embedded Systems Approach Using VerilogThe Designer's Guide to VHDL, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
L. H. Crockett, R. A. Elliot, M. A. Enderwitz, R. W. Stewart (2014.), The Zynq Book - Embedded Processing with the ARM Cortex-A9 on the Xilinx Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC, Strathclyde Academic Media

For students

General

ID 223328
  Winter semester
5 ECTS
L0 English Level
L1 e-Learning
30 Lectures
0 Seminar
0 Exercises
12 Laboratory exercises
0 Project laboratory

Grading System

88 Excellent
75 Very Good
62 Good
50 Sufficient

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