Digital System Design

Digital System Design, Spring 2006

ANNOUNCEMENT

The demo time of final project has been moved to Jun. 26 (Monday).

INSTRUCTOR: Chien-Nan Liu

Chien-Nan's Homepage
E-mail Chien-Nan at jimmy@ee.ncu.edu.tw

TEACHING ASSISTANT

李孟蓉, Office: E1-019 (ext:34590), Email: 945201026@cc.ncu.edu.tw
陳柏仁, Office: E1-019 (ext:34590), Email: 945201007@cc.ncu.edu.tw
陳翰儒, Office: E1-019 (ext:34590), Email: 945201015@cc.ncu.edu.tw
趙晏廷, Office: E1-019 (ext:34590), Email: 945201034@cc.ncu.edu.tw

COURSE SCHEDULE

Introduction to HDL-based design methodology (1 week)
Asynchronous sequential logic (2 weeks)
Language fundamentals -- Verilog HDL (2 weeks)
Verilog simulation (1 week)
FPGA synthesis using Verilog (1 week)
Modeling combinational logic circuits (1 week)
Modeling sequential elements (1 week)
Modeling finite state machines (1 week)
Modeling digital systems (1 week)
Introduction to HDL synthesis (1 week)
Timing issues in digital designs (1 week)
Final Project (2 weeks)

LECTURE NOTES

Syllabus (Feb. 1, 2006)
lecture 1 (Introduction, Feb. 1, 2006)
lecture 2 (Asynchronous Circuits, Feb. 1, 2006)
lecture 3 (Verilog Overview, Feb. 1, 2006)
lecture 4 (Model Comb. Circuits, Feb. 1, 2006)
lecture 5 (Model Seq. Circuits, Feb. 1, 2006)
lecture 6 (Model FSM, Feb. 1, 2006)
lecture 7 (Model Systems, Feb. 1, 2006)
lecture 8 (Synthesis Overview, Feb. 1, 2006)
lecture 9 (Timing Issues, Feb. 1, 2006)
Installation Guide of ISE and ModelSim (Apr. 7, 2006)

HOMEWORKS

Homework 1: 9-4, 9-11 (Due: Mar. 23, 2006)

Homework 2: 9-14, 9-15(a), 9-18(table a only), 9-21 (Due: Apr. 6, 2006)

Homework 3 (Due: Apr. 13, 2006)

Homework 4 (Due: Apr. 20, 2006)

Homework 5 (Due: Apr. 27, 2006)

Homework 6 (Due: May 4, 2006)

Homework 7 (Due: May 11, 2006)

Homework 8 (Due: May 18, 2006)

Homework 9 (Due: Jun. 1, 2006)
FINAL PROJECTS

Project #1 (Due: Jun. 26, 2006)

Project #2 (Due: Jun. 26, 2006)

Project #3 (Due: Jun. 26, 2006)

Project #4 (Due: Jun. 26, 2006)

Please send a mail to corresponding TAs to register the project of your group before May 9. Note that the maximum number of groups for a problem is set to 10 only. If more than 10 groups are going to solve the same problem, we will take only the first 10 groups who register this problem. Therefore, please make your decision as soon as possible.

We will arrange a demo time on Jun. 26 (Monday). Please have your design and report ready before the demo time.
For any questions, send e-mails to jimmy@ee.ncu.edu.tw

Last modified: Jun. 7, 2006