| Week of |
Lecture Notes (in PowerPoint
format) |
Laboratory
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Reading
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Aug. 25
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1. Course Overview |
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2. FPGAs and Verilog (in lab) |
Lab
1: Intro to FPGA Design with Verilog |
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3. Combinational Design in Verilog |
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S&R
Ch. 1-2 |
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4. Sequential Design with Verilog
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Sept.
1
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4. Sequential Design with Verilog (cont'd) |
Lab 2: Sequential Design with Verilog |
Colwell
"The Power of the Most Likely"
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5.
Advanced Verilog
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Video:
F. Brooks, "The Design of Design"
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Sept. 8
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6. Advanced Verilog: Delay |
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7. Verification & Testbenches |
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Colwell
"If You Didn't Test It..."
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8. Engineering Design; Requirements
Analysis |
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S&R
Ch. 3
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Sept.
15
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9. Coding Guidelines and Debugging |
Lab 3: Testbenches |
S&R
Ch. 3
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10.
Data Communications
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11. Case Study: Verifying Microprocessors
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| Sept. 22 |
12. Data Communications 2: Coding |
Lab
4: Asynchronous Serial Transmitter |
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13. ASM
Diagrams
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S&R
Ch. 4
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14.
System
Design |
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Sept.
29
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15. Synchronizers
& Metastability |
Lab 5: Asynchronous Serial Receiver |
Colwell
"Design
Reviews"
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16.
Handshaking
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17.
Detailed Design, Design Reviews |
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S&R
Ch. 6 |
Oct.
6
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Fall Break Oct 6-7 |
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18. Reading Technical Papers |
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M&B
Ethernet
Paper |
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19. Manchester Transmitter & Receiver
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| Oct.
13 |
20. Intellectual Property |
Lab
6: Manchester
Transmitter |
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21.
Cyclic Redundancy Check, Block RAM |
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Oct.
20
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22.
Ethernet and 802.11 Wireless |
Lab
7: Manchester
Receiver |
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23. Digital RF Transmitter & Receiver |
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Oct.
27
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24.
Project Assignment |
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25. Business
& Economic Concerns |
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S&R
Ch. 5
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Nov. 3
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Project work during
class
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Project Design |
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Guest Lecture:
Preparing for ECE 492 |
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26. Political,
Social, &
Ethical Concerns |
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Colwell
"Near Misses"
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| Nov. 10 |
Guest Lecture: Preparing for ECE 492
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Design
Reviews, Project Implementation |
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27. Environmental
and Sustainability Concerns |
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Nov. 17
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Guest Lecture:
Preparing for ECE 492 |
Project
Implementation
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Project work during
class
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Nov.
24
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Project
work during class
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Project
Testing
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Thanksgiving
- No Class Nov. 26-28 |
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Dec. 5
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Project work during
class (M, W), Course
Evaluations
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Project
Demonstrations
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Course Wrapup
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