Design and Architecture of digital electronic systems [ LELEC2531 ]

Moodle

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Combinational logic circuits and sequential logic design. Digital building blocks (ALU, registers, ').Hardware description language (SystemVerilog). Microarchitecture of a 32-bit RISC processor (single-cycle processor, multicyle processor and pipelined processor). Embedded processor architecture and I/O systems.

Regarding the learning outcomes of the master in Electrical Engineering, this course contributes to the development and the acquisition of the following learning outcomes :

AA1 (1.1, 1.2), AA2 (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4), AA 5 (5.3), AA 6 (6.1)

At the end of this course, the students will be able to:

• Understand how the digital circuits (combinational circuits, sequential circuits) work
• Understand the architecture of programmable circuits (FPGA)
• Synthesize and simulate digital circuits in a language such as Verilog or VHDL
• Understand the architecture of a RISC processor
• Use and program a microcontroller
• Understand and implement a digital electronic system

The methods of assessment are defined on the course website on Moodle

• Learning is based on courses with compulsory homework.
• Each student has at his disposal during the semester an electronic system comprising an FPGA (Altera Cyclone IV) and and PIC32 microcontroller from Microchip.
• This course is closely linked to the project LELEC2103: Electronic System

• Combinational logic
• Sequential logic
• Implementation technology
• Simulation language and Verilog synthesis
• Main logic circuits: arithmetic circuits, memories, programmable circuits
• Architecture and microarchitecture of a RISC processor
• Memories (caches, ...)
• Architecture of microcontrollers
• Peripherals and main communication systems

Digital Design and Computer Architecture - David Money Harris @ Sarah L. Harris - 2007, Elsevier

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