Using VHDL to Improve an FPGA Based Educational Microcomputer

Mezei, Ivan; Malbaša, Veljko

doi:10.1109/eurcon.2005.1630053

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“…The second version is designed and verified completely in the VHDL hardware description language. It is implemented in Xilinx ISE tools on Spartan 2 FPGA (XC2S200) using around 15% of resources and achieving around 25 MHz clock frequency (without any optimizations) [15].…”

Section: Microprocessormentioning

confidence: 99%

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Evolution of an educational microprocessor

Mezei

2020

Comp Applic In Engineering

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Arising from the need to help students learn commercial assembly language programming more easily, Edulent microprocessor has evolved into an integrated educational tool. It is completely designed, developed, and verified targeting field‐programmable gate array (FPGA) and system on chip (SoC) implementations. Its evolution started almost two decades ago with a formal specification, continued through various implementations (both hardware and software) fulfilling several, mainly educational requirements. The educational impact on acquiring core learning outcomes in microprocessor architecture and assembly language programming is evaluated and assessed based on several questionnaires and results of laboratory assignments. The latest FPGA and SoC‐based implementations have shown further potential for students to acquire new knowledge in the field of microprocessor design, implementation, and verification.

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Section: Microprocessormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The first version of the simulator is designed and implemented using MS Visual C++ and MFC library as a dialog-based project [15]. It consisted of a program viewer (without editing feature), a memory layout viewer, a CPU register viewer, and a simple messaging and program control (see Figure 3).…”

Section: Simulatormentioning

confidence: 99%

Evolution of an educational microprocessor

Mezei

2020

Comp Applic In Engineering

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“…These tools provide guidance about methods and approaches to easily understand characteristics and behaviors of a computer component, in particular, CPU unit [4,[6][7][8]10,15,16,18,20,23,24,29]. Guštin et al [16] developed none-pipelined FPGA-based microprocessor named MOVE that implementing of all the instructions are "assign" type. Bulić et al [4] created an integrated environment which consists of hardware platform called HIP and GUI unit.…”

Section: Tablementioning

confidence: 99%

On the improvement of the teaching quality and learning effectiveness in the computer organization course through FPGA and modular centered microcomputer design

Öztekin¹,

Temurtaş²,

Gülbağ³

2018

Comp Applic In Engineering

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This manuscript focuses on the results of a project study on the field programmable gate array (FPGA) and modular based microcomputer architecture design for improving the teaching and learning effectiveness in computer organization course and similar courses. The design mentioned in this manuscript is a unique system allowing to students to directly write their program and/or include their own designs. The main objective of this study is to improve the teaching effectiveness in the computer organization course at graduate level via hands‐on learning. The goal of the project is to encourage students to create their unique microcomputer designs since this design has modular structure and the fundamental elements which a simple computer has. Also it is to make appropriate modifications using students’ concerns and the results of project study for computer architecture and organization course for next semesters. To evaluate the improvement of the teaching and learning effectiveness, the students enrolled in the computer organization course in computer engineering department are divided into two groups. A student survey is conducted to provide students with an opportunity to have their views about this methodology at computer organization course. The results of the survey acquired with the probability density distribution function reveal the effectiveness of this methodology with FPGA development environment.

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“…Typically, the design entry methods are following [12][13][14]: -Circuit schematics, present a graphical view of the design using logic gate symbols and interconnect wiring. -Boolean expressions can be entered as a text-based description in combinational logic designs.…”

Section: Design Entry Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%