ELEC 4200 Digital System Design

ELEC 4200 Digital System Design
Fall 2020, WF, 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m., Broun 239 (Lecture)
W, 8:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m., Broun 320 (Lab: Section 1)
R, 8:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m., Broun 320 (Lab: Section 2)

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Link to Course Syllabus

Link to Lab Handout

Instructor:
Ujjwal Guin, Assistant Professor

GTA:

Yuxi Zhao, Broun 354, Office Hours - Tuesday, 2:00-3:00 p.m.

Text Book:

Digital Logic Circuit Analysis and Design, 2nd Edition (Preliminary Draft), V.P. Nelson, B.D. Carroll, H.T. Nagle, J.D. Irwin, to be published by Pearson Education, Inc. in 2020.

Design and Simulation Software: If you want to simulate & synthesize on your own PC, outside of lab.

Test Schedule:

Test 1, TBD, 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m., Broun 239, use only 4 sheets of paper.
Test 2 (Optional), TBD, 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m., Broun 239, use only 4 sheets of paper.
Test 3, TBD, 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m., Broun 239, use only 4 sheets of paper.
Final Exam, TBD, Open Book.

Lecture Notes:

Introduction to ASIC design:

ASIC Design Flow

Logic Design Review:

Combinational Circuit Design Process (Text Chaps. 2 and 3)
Sequential Circuit Design Process (Text Chaps. 4 and 5)
Flip-flops and Latches (Text Chap. 4)
VHDL (Text Appendix B, Examples in Chaps. 2-5 and 7)

Lecture slides:

VHDL Tutorials:

Verilog (Text Appendix A):

Programmable Logic Devices and FPGAs:

Overview of FPGAs (slides; Text: Chap. 7.2)
Programmable Logic Devices (slides; Text: Chap. 7.3)
PALs and PLDs (document)

Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA Web Page (data sheets, user guides, examples, etc.):

Artix-7 Data Sheet
7 Series FPGAs Configurable Logic Block User Guide
Other user guides on Artix-7 web page

Digilent Nexys4 DDR Artix-7 FPGA Board Web Page and Resources:

FPGA Configuration:

Xilinx 7 Series FPGAs Configuration User Guide

Boundary Scan in FPGAs:

Testing and Boundary Scan Overview Slides
Configuration of Spartan-II using Boundary Scan
Spartan 3 Configuration User Guide (see JTAG section)
Boundary Scan Operation via ISE-IMPACT (by Gefu Xu)

PicoBlaze:

PicoBlaze KCPSM6 User Manual (Ken Chapman)
PicoBlaze 8-bit Embedded Microcontroller User Guide
PicoBlaze KCPSM6 Assembler and Tutorial files (Lab files: .zip file)
Xilinx PicoBlaze 8-Bit Embedded Microcontroller Web Page
Design Files Download Page

Lab Exercises and Homework:

Lab Handout :

Special homework (digital logic design review)
Lab #0 Tutorial - (1/16-17) Introduction to lab hardware & software
Nexys4 Master Constraints File
Lab 1: Modeling Concepts
Lab 2: Numbering Systems
Lab 3: Multi-Output Circuits: Encoders, Decoders, and Memories
Lab 4: Tasks, Functions, and Testbench
Lab 5: Modeling Latches and Flip-flops
Lab 6: Modeling Registers and Counters
Lab 7: Behavioral Modeling and Timing Constraints
Lab 8: Architectural Wizard and IP Catalog
Lab 9: Counters, Timers and Real-Time Clock
Lab 10: Sequential System Design Using ASM Charts
Lab 11: "Design your own lab project"
You are to:

Identify a problem: Come up with an idea for a system design to be implemented on the Nexys4 DDR board that will perform some "application".
Formulate the problem:Write a set of requirements for the proposed system.
Solve the problem: Design, implement, verify, and test the design in lab.
Report: The lab report for this project should have at least three sections, corresponding to the headings listed above (identify, formulate, and solve the problem).

Reference Material for Lab Exercises:

Vivado Quick Start Guide
Digilent Nexys4 DDR Web Page and Resources
- Nexys4 DDR Reference Manual
- Nexys4 DDR Schematic
Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA Web Page (data sheets, user guides, examples, etc.)

To simulate & synthesize on your own PC before the lab:
- Link to free Vivado Design Suite WebPack
- Link to free Aldec Active-HDL Student Edition