CSCE 436/836 - Advanced Embedded Systems

Lesson Date Topic Reading Assigned Due
L1 Jan 19 Course Intro, entity and architecture, digital systems design 1.1-1.7 HW #1 BOC L2
L2 Jan 21 Digital Systems, hierarchical design, testbenches 2.1, 2.2.1, 2.2.2 HW #2 BOC L3
L3 Jan 24 Combinational elements, unsigned, constraints file, synthesis 3.5.4, 4.2.3, 4.3.1 HW #3 BOC L4
L4 Jan 26 VHDL Sequential elements - Mod 10 Counter 5.1, 5.2, 5.7, 5.8 HW #4 BOC L5
L5 Jan 28 Combinations of elements, gated & non-gated, lab intro 7.2 HW #5 BOC L6
L6 Jan 31 Lab1 - VGA Synchronization
L7 Feb 2 Lab1 - VGA Synchronization Gate Check 1 BOC L7
L8 Feb 4 Lab1 - VGA Synchronization Gate Check 2 BOC L8
L9 Feb 7 Lab1 - VGA Synchronization Lab1 Functionality COB L9
L10 Feb 9 Finite State Machines, FSM timing, The DAISY system 10.2.1, 10.3.2, 10.4, 10.6.1 Lab1 Write-up
HW #6
COB L10
BOC L11
L11 Feb 11 Datapath and Control: generics, design, BBB, find Min 11.1, 11.2, 14.4.2 HW #7 BOC L12
L12 Feb 14 Datapath and Control - timing, Keyboard example 11.5 HW #8 BOC L13
L13 Feb 16 Datapath and Control: BRAM Macro, 2-Line Handshake
L14 Feb 18 Lab2 - Data acquisition, storage and display Gate Check 1 COB L14
L15 Feb 21 Exam #1
L16 Feb 23 Lab2 - Data acquisition, storage and display Gate Check 2 BOC L16
L17 Feb 25 Lab2 - Data acquisition, storage and display Lab2 Functionality COB L17
L18 Feb 28 Soft CPU - "MicroBlaze" Lab2 Write-up
HW #9
COB L18
BOC L19
L19 Mar 2 Soft CPU - "MicroBlaze" + Custom IP HW #10 BOC L20
L20 Mar 4 Soft CPU - "MicroBlaze" + Custom IP w/ Interrupts HW #11 BOC L21
L21 Mar 7 Lab3 - O'scope control Final Project Ideas
L22 Mar 9 Lab3 - O'scope control Gate Check 1 BOC L22
L23 Mar 11 Lab3 - O'scope control Gate Check 2 BOC L23
Break Mar 14-18 Spring Break - no class
L24 Mar 21 Lab3 - O'scope control
L25 Mar 23 Direct Digital Synthesis: fixed point numbers & phase inc Lab3 Functionality COB L25
L26 Mar 25 Direct Digital Synthesis: Look-Up Table (LUT) Lab3 Write-up
Final Project Proposal - Draft
COB L26
BOC L27
L27 Mar 28 Digital Low Pass Filter: Filtering Design BOC L28
L28 Mar 30 Digital Low Pass Filter: Digital Filter in Theory Revised Final Project Proposal
HW #12
BOC L29
BOC L29
L29 Apr 1 Lab4 - Function generator Gate Check #1 EOC L29
L30 Apr 4 Lab4 - Function generator Gate Check #2 EOC L30
L31 Apr 6 Lab4 - Function generator Lab4 Functionality COB L31
L32 Apr 8 Asynchronous Design
FPGA fabric
Lab4 Write-up COB L32
L33 Apr 11 Lab5 - Final Project
Milestone #1
Final Project Plan COB L33
L34 Apr 13 Lab5 - Final Project
Milestone #1
L35 Apr 15 Exam #2
Lab5 - Final Project - Milestone #1
L36 Apr 18 Communication Skills (writing) Milestone#1 BOC L36
L37 Apr 20 Lab5 - Final Project
Milestone #2
L38 Apr 22 Lab5 - Final Project
Milestone #2
L39 Apr 25 Communication Skills (speaking)
Lab5 - Final Project
Final push
Milestone#2 BOC L39
L40 Apr 27 Lab5 - Final Project
Final push
L41 Apr 29 Lab5 - Final Project
Final push
L42 May 2 Final Presentations Project Functionality and Presentations BOC L42
L43 May 4 Final Presentations Project Write-up BOC L43
L44 May 6 Final Presentations Final Presentation EOC L44