Data acquisition, digital electronics and microelectronics

Teacher(s)

Cortina Gil Eduardo; Piotrzkowski Krzysztof;

Language

English

Prerequisites

Having followed LPHYS1201 is an asset.

Main themes

The teaching unit has been conceived as an introduction to digital electronics and data acquisition systems.

Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	a.     Contribution of the teaching unit to the learning outcomes of the programme   1.2, 1.5, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 5.1, 5.3, 6.4, 6.5   b.     Specific learning outcomes of the teaching unit   At the end of this teaching unit, the student will be able to :   1.     know the different numeral systems  (binary, octal, hexadecimal, ¿ ) and know how to make conversion among them; 2.     describe how digital devices work in terms of the fundamental logical operations; 3.     analize and design a finite state machine; 4.     use  a simple communication protocol (I2C, USB, OneWire, ¿) to readout a captor; 5.     program an FPGA using VHDL (or Verilog); 6.     link a FPGA to a computer.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Content

Digital and analog signals and systems.
Number systems, operations and codes.
Logic gates and gate combinations.
Combinational logic: adders, decoders, comparators, multiplexers, '.
Sequential logic: flip-flops, timers, shift registers, counters, '.
Counters: finite state machines.
Programmable logic: VHDL.
Data transmission.
Signal conversion: ADC, DAC, '.
Buses and interfaces: serial and parallel buses, USB, I2C, Ethernet.

Teaching methods

This teaching unit is divided into two activities: study of digital electronics and data acquisition basics following the reference book [1] and programming a basic and simple daq system in a FPGA development board.
Every week some chapters of the reference book are reviewed during the lectures. Students should have read the assigned chapters before and during the lectures. Doubts encountered by the students are discussed and special topics are further developed. The topics discussed can be found in the section "Material" (toc.pdf) as well as the distribution of topics (planning.pdf)
For the practical part, every student receives a FPGA development board and a set of sensors. Details and further documentation on this board, as VHDL manuals and references, can be found down in section ALTERA-DE1. Few practical sessions are organized to show the student how to use the FPGA development board.

Bibliography

1. Digital Fundamentals 11th edition (http://www.pearsonglobaleditions.com/Sitemap/Floyd/)
   Thomas Floyd
   Ed. Pearson
2. Acquisition de Données. Du capteur à l'ordinateur
   Georges Asch et collaborateurs
   Ed. Dunod
3. The Physics of Information Technology
   Neil Gershenfeld
   Cambridge University Press

Faculty or entity

PHYS