MO801 / MC912 - Topics in Architecture and Hardware

Contact us

Teachers: Rodolfo Jardim de Azevedo e Paulo Cesar Centoducatte

Notices

16/08	Deliver the work of the i8251 by email
09/08	Wednesday (11/08) there will be class again
10/05	Work 2 available
26/04	Two recommended reading texts: "The Ten Commandments of Excellent Design" is "The Ten Commandments of Excellent Design VHDL Code Examples "
23/04	Instructions on how to use the `ghdl` are in the FAQ.
13/04	Work 1 available.
22/01	Calendars: Graduation e Post-Graduation

Objectives

In this discipline will be studied:

Hardware description language (VHDL)
Leon processor architecture (compatible with SPARC V8 model)
AMBA peripheral interconnect bus (used by Leon)
Circuit synthesis and simulation tools from Mentor, Xilinx and Altera
Hardware components development and reuse methodology (IP colors)
Assemble a computer with the Leon + Linux processor

Schedules

Classes A and B

Laboratory: Wed: 16h-18h, Fri: 16h-18h (CC-96)

Evaluation

The evaluation of the discipline will be based on works.

Exercises

Laboratory activities:

The laboratories are to facilitate the adaptation to the tools and the VHDL. They do not need to be sent or presented. Do it according to your own need. If you have any questions, contact the teachers for assistance.

Jobs

Work 1: Coin Counter. Delivery until 30/04/04 through submission page.
Work 2: Implementation of the parallel interface 82C55A.

SuSy (Delivery page). Each student has a password that will be delivered by the teachers.

Bibliography

Material used in the course (also available on the IC network in ~ rodolfo / pub):

VHDL
- The System Designer's Guide to VHDL. Peter J. Ashenden, Gregory D. Peterson and Darrell A. Teegarden
- Reuse Methodology Manual for System-On-A-Chip Designs. Michael Keating, Pierre Bricaud and Russell John Rickford
- Manuals of synthesis tools: Leonardo, Quartus (Altera), ISE (Xilinx)
- Actel HDL Coding Style Guide
Leon
- SPARC V8 Architectural Manual
- LEON-2 VHDL model description
General
Class notes

Calendar

03/03	Presentation of the discipline
05 / 03S	VHDL: Basic Topics (files 1, 2)
10/03	VHDL: Basic Topics (file 3)
12 / 03S	VHDL: Basic Topics (file 4)
17/03	VHDL: Basic Topics (file 4)
19 / 03S	OCP / IP
24/03	Xilinx FPGAs
26 / 03S	Altera FPGAs
31/03	No class
02 / 04S	Leon
04/04	Leon (continued) e VHDL
09 / 04S	There will be no class
14/04	VHDL (1 e 2)
16 / 04S	Check and Testbenches
21/04	There will be no class
23 / 04S	Class of doubts in the laboratory. Room 302.
28/04
30 / 04S
05/05
07 / 05S
12/05
14 / 05S
19/05
21 / 05S
26/05
28 / 05S
02/06
04 / 06S
09/06
11 / 06S	There will be no class
16/06
18 / 06S
23/06
25 / 06S
30/06
02 / 07S
11/08	AMBA