Engineering 9865 Advanced Digital Systems

General Information

Lecture time:Friday 14:00 - 17:00
Lecture room:EN-1001
Office hour: Monday, Wednesday 14:00 - 15:00, or by individual appointment
Lab (Room: EN-4008/02):Thursday 14:00 - 17:00
Course Outline | Problem Sets | Course Notes

Bulletin Board

[2016.01.05]: Welcome to ENGI-9865, Advanced Digital Systems! My office is in EN-4012, and the phone number is 864 8972.

[2016.01.29]: Sample testbench code for file access can be found at click here.

[2016.04.15]: Sample answers for the first two assignments are available through the following links:
Assign1: p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p6, p7, p8, p9, p10.

Assign2: p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p6, p7, p8, p9, p10, p11.

Assign3: p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p6, p7, p8, p9.

[2016.04.15]: Sample Midterm Exam:
Midterm 2004: p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p6, p7.

[2016.04.15]: Sample answers for assignments 4 is available through the following links:
Assign4: p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p6, p7, p8, p9, p10, p11, p12, p13, p14, p15.

[2016.04.15]: Sample final exam questions:
Sample 1: p1, p2, p3.
Sample 2: p1, p2, p3.
Sample 3: Final Exam 2004.

Textbook

C. Roth, Digital Systems Design Using VHDL (2nd Edition), CL-Engineering Publisher, March 2007 (ISBN-10: 0534384625, ISBN-13: 978-0534384623).

Contents

The topics will include, but not limited to the following:
1. Concepts of Digital Logic and Principles of Digital Circuits Design
2. Advanced Minimization Techniques
3. Design of Logic Circuits with Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs, FPGAs)
4. Introduction to ASICs and ASIC Design Methodology
5. Analysis, Modeling and Partitioning for Logic Synthesis and VHDL Coding
6. Constraining Designs, Synthesizing, Simulation and Optimization
7. Design for Testability, Built-In Self-Test, and Fault Tolerance
8. Digital System Reliability
9. Noise and Transmission Line Effects
10. Dealing with Asynchronous Boundaries

Evaluation Scheme

Mini-Labs(3)6%
Design Project29%
Problem Sets(4)0%
Mid-term20%
Fianl Exam45%

Important Dates

Problem Sets:Due: Jan 29, Feb. 12, Mar. 4, Mar. 18
Project Proposal:Jan.22, 2016
Mid-Term:Feb. 19, 2016 (Tentative)
Project Meeting:Week of Feb. 29 - Mar. 4, 2016 (Schedule will be posted later.)
Project Presentation:Week of Mar. 14-25, 2016 (Schedule will be posted later.)
Project Demo:Week of Mar. 14-25, 2016 (Schedule will be posted later.)
Project Report:Apr. 8, 2016
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