FI:PA221 HW description languages II - Course Information

PA221 Hardware description languages

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

• Image Processing and Analysis (programme FI, N-VIZ)
• Bioinformatics and systems biology (programme FI, N-UIZD)
• Computer Games Development (programme FI, N-VIZ_A)
• Computer Graphics and Visualisation (programme FI, N-VIZ_A)
• Computer Networks and Communications (programme FI, N-PSKB_A)
• Cybersecurity Management (programme FI, N-RSSS_A)
• Formal analysis of computer systems (programme FI, N-TEI)
• Graphic design (programme FI, N-VIZ)
• Graphic Design (programme FI, N-VIZ_A)
• Hardware Systems (programme FI, N-PSKB_A)
• Hardware systems (programme FI, N-PSKB)
• Image Processing and Analysis (programme FI, N-VIZ_A)
• Information security (programme FI, N-PSKB)
• Information Security (programme FI, N-PSKB_A)
• Quantum and Other Nonclassical Computational Models (programme FI, N-TEI)
• Computer graphics and visualisation (programme FI, N-VIZ)
• Computer Networks and Communications (programme FI, N-PSKB)
• Principles of programming languages (programme FI, N-TEI)
• Cybersecurity management (programme FI, N-RSSS)
• Services development management (programme FI, N-RSSS)
• Software Systems Development Management (programme FI, N-RSSS)
• Services Development Management (programme FI, N-RSSS_A)
• Software Systems Development Management (programme FI, N-RSSS_A)
• Software Systems (programme FI, N-PSKB_A)
• Software systems (programme FI, N-PSKB)
• Machine learning and artificial intelligence (programme FI, N-UIZD)
• Computer Games Development (programme FI, N-VIZ)
• Processing and analysis of large-scale data (programme FI, N-UIZD)
• Natural language processing (programme FI, N-UIZD)

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.

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