Structures of Digital Systems

The course is a substitute for:

Advanced Digital Systems (31SCS)

Lecturer:

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Circuit Theory

Synopsis:

Types of processor architectures, one-chip and multiple-chip computers, functional blocks on chip and in environment. Special blocks and special procedures (counter-timer and its functions, interrupt and DMA control, PWM output, watch dog, etc.). CISC, RISC. DSPs (fixed point and floating point arithmetic, support for DSP algorithms). Parallel computers (SISD, MIMD, SIMD, etc.). Transputers. Data flow driven computers. Artificial neural nets. Structures designed in accordance with procedures of data processing.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Architecture of a processor, one- and multi-chip systems

2. Phases of instruction cycle, timing of different phases

3. Interfacing of memory, I/O, cashe - its timing

4. RISC processors, comparison with CISC

5. Parallel and serial internal buses in microcomputers

6. Co-processors, multipliers, vector processors and similar co-operating blocks

7. Algorithms influencing the processor architecture

8. Digital signal processor(DSP) - fixed point and floating point DSPs

9. Parallel structures, transputers, other parallel computers

10. Algorithms and paradigms of artificial neural nets(ANN), implementation

11. Hardware structures implementing algorithms of ANN

12. Digital processors implementing 2-D signal processing (image processing)

13. Application of DSPs in speech and image processing

14. Advances and trends in the processor design

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Class - introduction - data sheets for digital processor, choice and application

2. Class - steps in design of system using microprocessor technology

3. Class - individual project (IP), study of specific features of several microprocessors

4. PC lab - IP realisation, study of information sources - internet and local server sites

5. PC lab - IP realisation, study of information sources - internet and local server sites

6. PC lab - IP realisation, study of information sources - internet and local server sites

7. PC lab - IP realisation, study of information sources - internet and local server sites

8. PC lab - IP presentation, student group discussion of different microprocessors

9. PC lab - IP presentation, student group discussion of different microprocessors

10. PC lab - IP presentation, student group discussion of different microprocessors

11. PC lab - project of DSP implementation in TMS processor

12. PC lab - project of DSP implementation in TMS processor

13. PC lab - project of DSP implementation in TMS processor

14. Credit, conclusions from DSP project

Study Objective:

Study materials:

1. Stallings, W.: Computer Organization and Architecture: Designing for Performance. New Jersey, A Simon & Schuster Company 1995

2. Madisetti, V. K.: VLSI Digital Signal Processors, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1995, ISBN 0-7506-9406-8

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Electronics - Electronic Systems- structured studies (compulsory course)
• Electronics - Electronic Applications- structured studies (compulsory course)
• Electronics - Electronics and Photonics- structured studies (compulsory course)