Credits: 1

Description

Minimum grade of C- in ENEE245.

Verilog or VDHL hardware description languages (HDLs) and graphical printed ciruit design CAD packages are used to create a digital system implemented on a printed circuit-board. A practical design for hardware incorporating a processor and interface devices is to be created by the student. Simulation is used to explore practical issues of system performance and device resource constraints, and a printed-circuit board proof-of-concept will be produced by the student.

Semesters Offered

Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025, Fall 2026

Learning Objectives

  • Transform the functional specification for a logic design into a logic description language
  • Design a simulation for functional test of the logic design
  • Compile the logic design into a physical device using a logic design environment
  • Perform a timing analysis of the physical logic device using the logic design environment
  • Embed the logic design in a physical system simulation and evaluate performance

Topics Covered

  • Schematic design with Webpack
  • Designing with verilog HDL
  • Verilog simulation
  • Mixed schematic/verilog design in Webpack
  • Designing with VHDL
  • Fitting logic designs to real chips
  • System design exercise
  • System design simulation and analysis