Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h + 30.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Legat Jean-Didier;
Language
English
Main themes
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.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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In consideration of the reference table AA of the program "master in electrical engineering ", this course contributes to the development, to the acquisition and to the evaluation of the following experiences of learning:
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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
- 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
Teaching methods
- 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
Evaluation methods
The evaluation is based on a continuous evaluation during the academic year. The practical details are specified on the course website.
Other information
None
Online resources
Bibliography
Digital Design and Computer Architecture - David Money Harris @ Sarah L. Harris - 2007, Elsevier
Faculty or entity
ELEC
