Digital architectures and design

Basics of VHDL; FPGA architecture; Basic design flow; Concurrent and sequential statements; Signals, variables and advanced statements; Basics of simulation process and simulation kernel operation; State machines, complex design management; Analysis of circuit performance: timing, power and area

Learn to model combinatorial, sequential circuits and finite state machines in VHDL. Learn to handle FPGA design flow tools: design synthesis, implementation, and analysis of results. Understand various approaches towards design modelling, analysis and optimization.

Courses requiring this course

Ex-cathedra lectures + labs

Contribution to the teaching profile

• Embedded design systems design using state of the art techniques and tools

• Model, simulate, analyze real-world digital electronic components and systems (but at smaller scale)

• Provide critical approach with respect to given design choices

• Conceive, plan and execute smaller embedded system design project

• Report, present and explain results obtained

Contacts

Prof. Dragomir MILOJEVIC - T: 02 650 30 60 - Dragomir.Milojevic(at)ulb.ac.be

Axel DERO - T: 02 650 28 65 - Axel.Dero(at)ulb.ac.be

Method(s) of evaluation

• written examination

written examination

Written exam

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

Final mark = 1/3 practical work 1/3 theoretical exam + 1/3 practical exam

Language(s) of evaluation

• english