Logic systems and processors

Vztahy:

It is not possible to register for the course B0B35LSP if the student is concurrently registered for or has already completed the course BE5B35LSP (mutually exclusive courses).

It is not possible to register for the course B0B35LSP if the student is concurrently registered for or has previously completed the course BE5B35LSP (mutually exclusive courses).

The requirement for course B0B35LSP can be fulfilled by substitution with the course BE5B35LSP.

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Department of Control Engineering

Synopsis:

The course introduces computing resources' basic hardware structures, design, and architecture. It provides an overview of the possibilities of performing data operations at the hardware level and designing embedded processor systems with peripherals on modern FPGA programmable logic circuits, which are increasingly widely used today.

Students will learn their description in VHDL, from logic to more complex sequential circuits to practical finite state machine (FSM) designs. They will also master the correct design procedure using circuit simulation. Practical problems are solved using development boards that hundreds of leading universities worldwide also use.

The course ends with RISC-V processor structure, cache, and pipeline processing.

[last updated January 2024]

Requirements:

Boolean algebra, logic circuits

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Introduction. The logical cube and equations of logical functions from the Karnaugh maps.

2. De Morgan's theorem and its application. Shannon's expansion. Basic building blocks and structure of FPGA circuits.

3. From C to VHDL: basic notation, number conversion, and multiplexer usage.

4. Examples of the use of concurrent statements. Introduction to the 2nd practice problem.

5. Sequential domain of VHDL.

6. Gate delays. Gambling in combinational circuits and the need to eliminate them with synchronous circuits. Latches and synchronous per rising edge. Their usage in VHDL.

7. Basic synchronous circuits with DFF, feelings.

8. Shift registers and examples of their use.

9. From counters up down through controllers to general Finite State Machine (FSM) of Moore type.

10. Communication between FSMs, from FSM to processor controllers.

11. The structure of the RISC V processor, its basic 32I version, and the instruction flow.

12. The processor memory system: the cache.

13. Memory paging. Instruction pipelining, data hazards, and branch predictors.

14. Advanced FPGA design topics - soft-core processors.

[last updated January 2024]

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Study Objective:

Introduction into computers systems and basic constructions of computers peripherials.

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Further information:

https://dcenet.fel.cvut.cz/edu/fpga/

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Cybernetics and Robotics 2016 (compulsory course in the program)
• Open Informatics - Internet of Things 2016 (compulsory course of the specialization)
• Open Informatics - Internet of Things 2018 (compulsory course of the branch)
• Software Engineering and Technology (compulsory elective course)
• Cybernetics and Robotics 2016 (compulsory course in the program)
• Software Engineering and Technology (compulsory elective course)