PA221 Hardware description languages

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/1. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Ing. Jiří Čulen (seminar tutor)
Ing. Jan Král, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Matěj, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Matěj, Ph.D.
Department of Computer Systems and Communications – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Matěj, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Computer Systems and Communications – Faculty of Informatics
Timetable of Seminar Groups
PA221/01: Mon 17. 2. to Mon 12. 5. Mon 18:00–19:50 A415, J. Čulen
PA221/02: Mon 17. 2. to Mon 12. 5. Mon 16:00–17:50 A415, J. Čulen
Prerequisites
Knowledge of the Verilog language, at least within the scope of the PV200 course.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Within this course the students will obtain deeper knowledge on the field of programmable structures (e.g. FPGAs) and SoC (System on Chip) and get familiar with advanced methods of hardware design using hardware description languages. Verilog is used to demonstrate most of the principles.
Learning outcomes
Graduates of this course will be able to:
- understand advanced FPGA principles;
- understand the programming language VHDL;
- design systems with SoC;
- program application for SoC.
Syllabus
  • • AMD Vivado and Vitis software
  • • Microblaze processor, AXI Interconnect
  • • System Verilog extension of Verilog HDL
  • • Fixed point signed and unsigned arithmentic in Verilog HDL
  • • Timing constraints, pipelines and retiming
  • • Signal processing
  • • Practical tasks in Vivado/Vitis software
Teaching methods
Laboratory seminar.
Assessment methods
Evaluation consists of: a) defense of set of tasks submitted during semester;
b) defense of final project.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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