PA221 Hardware description languages

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/1. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Ondřej Herman (lecturer)
prof. Ing. Václav Přenosil, CSc. (alternate examiner)
Ing. Jiří Čulen (lecturer)
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: prof. Ing. Václav Přenosil, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Computer Systems and Communications – Faculty of Informatics
Timetable
Tue 14. 2. to Tue 9. 5. Tue 14:00–15:50 A415
Prerequisites
Course PV200 is recommended.
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
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. VHDL 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
  • • VHDL – concepts, basic syntax, abstraction levels, design hierarchy
  • • desig with SoC FPGA in VHDL or Verilog
  • • FPGA design - high speed design, best practice
  • • prefabricated components – IP cores, Megafunctions
  • • ethernet with FPGA
  • • sofcore computing – NIOS2 processor system
  • • PCB design for FPGA
  • • practical tasks in Quartus II suite.
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
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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