Teaching Reconfigurable Systems: Methods, Tools, Tutorials, and Projects

Sklyarov, Valery; Skliarova, Iouliia

doi:10.1109/te.2004.842909

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“…To cope with this problem, instructors need to provide more intensive HDL learning techniques within the processor design course timeframe. This task has been achieved through the systematic use of auxiliary materials, such as processor components' templates, tutorials, and a library of design templates that are synthesized with industrial standard programmable design tools such as Xilinx ISE [12].…”

Section: Previous Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Processor Design Course Project: Creating Soft-Core MIPS Processor Using Step-by-Step Components’ Integration Approach

Elkateeb¹

2011

IJIET

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Abstract-Design and implementation of a soft-core MIPS processor using field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology will be addressed in this paper. Teaching processor architecture and design is considered the key element of the student learning in the undergraduate Computer Engineering program; as such, this project was developed to enrich students' experience in this field. This paper presents a practical introduction to soft-core processor design through the use of step-by-step integrating of the processor's components. Students implemented their processors using Xilinx ISE design tools and downloaded their designs to Xilinx ML 501 FPGA boards, which used Xilinx Virtex 5 chips. A designed and developed soft-core processor provided students with a starting point for applying their designed processors in follow-up courses such as Embedded Systems and Senior Design Project. Students' assessment of the soft-core processor design was analyzed, which indicated that they are confident in confronting the next step of constructing advanced processor architecture.Index Terms-MIPS processor, field-programmable gate array (FPGA), Xilinx design tools, VHDL.

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Section: Previous Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Processor Design Course Project: Creating Soft-Core MIPS Processor Using Step-by-Step Components’ Integration Approach

Elkateeb¹

2011

IJIET

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“…Our experience has shown that 80% of the students were able to be evaluated through projects. It should be noted that this has been achieved in spite of the fact that the criteria for evaluation through mini-projects have been toughened compared with [7]. The best student projects are submitted for publication in a Portuguese magazine on electronics and telecommunications.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The first course is dedicated to hardware-oriented tools (Very High Speed Integrated Circuits Hardware Description Language -VHDL [9], in particular) and the subsequent course considers the design flow based on system-level tools (the Handel-C language [10], in particular). The reasons for choosing these languages are explained in [7]. Fig.…”

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“…The majority of the students present a quite complicated mini-project that is used for final evaluation; this will be discussed in more detail in section 4. During laboratory work, the following types of FPGAbased circuits have to be designed (see also [7] for additional details):…”

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“…Some results in this area have already been shown in [7]. In 1997 the first optional discipline in this area entitled Advanced Digital Systems was introduced.…”

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E-learning Tools and Web-resources for Teaching Reconfigurable Systems

Sklyarov

Skliarova

Education for the 21st Century — Impact of ICT and Digital Resources

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Abstract. The paper shows that the teaching of reconfigurable systems is a complex and difficult process requiring many novel methods and tools to be considered within the same course. This process can be greatly simplified with the aid of the information resources and e-learning tools that have been developed and incorporated into an integrated methodology that includes original evaluation and motivation methods. This methodology has been successfully applied to the teaching of reconfigurable systems for approximately 10 years. The paper discusses the impact of this methodology on such important components of higher education as research activity, postgraduate learning, and training for engineering work in industry.

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Computer architecture and FPGAs: A learning‐by‐doing methodology for digital‐native students

Cifredo-Chacon

Quirós-Olozábal

Guerrero-Rodríguez

2015

Comp Applic In Engineering

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ABSTRACT:The theoretical teaching of Computer Architecture is not suitable longer. In the present time, students claim for a learning-by-doing according to their dynamic and active character. Nowadays, interactive teaching is possible thanks to the decrease in the prices of the Field Programmable Gate Arrays. This paper proposes a learning-by-doing methodology to teach Computer Architecture to first-year student who belong to a digital-native generation. The method consists in developing a whole computer from scratch while they are introduced to hardware description languages (HDL) and programmable logic devices. Firstly, students design each and every element of the computer by VHDL language. Later on, they interconnect the verified elements and test the complete computer. A FPGA-based board is needed to implement and check the correct performance of the designed computer. This educational approach is intended to be used with first-year students from Computer Engineering Degree, thus, it is the first experience of the students with the basics of Computer Architecture. Students have a computer and a FPGA-based board in anytime. In the final exam, a design of a different computer is propounded. Computer testing and programming is a requirement to pass. The high percentage of passed students corroborated the success of the methodology. Thus, computer functioning and construction is understood by a hands-on methodology at the same time as VHDL language and FPGA technology are introduced. Lack attention is avoided since students keep a dynamic role working with their personal computer and FPGA at all times. ß 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 23: [464][465][466][467][468][469][470] 2015; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com/ journal/cae;

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Teaching Reconfigurable Systems: Methods, Tools, Tutorials, and Projects

Cited by 41 publications

References 14 publications

A Processor Design Course Project: Creating Soft-Core MIPS Processor Using Step-by-Step Components’ Integration Approach

A Processor Design Course Project: Creating Soft-Core MIPS Processor Using Step-by-Step Components’ Integration Approach

E-learning Tools and Web-resources for Teaching Reconfigurable Systems

Computer architecture and FPGAs: A learning‐by‐doing methodology for digital‐native students

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