ELT-44606 Digital Circuits and Platforms, 5 cr

Person responsible

Jari Nurmi

Lessons

Implementation Period Person responsible Requirements
ELT-44606 2016-01 1 - 2 Waqar Hussain
Jari Nurmi
Exam.

Learning Outcomes

The student will learn on the characteristics of hardware and software implementations of digital communication algorithm, and have a working knowledge different implementation platforms.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Hardware block architectures for digital communication algorithms.   Power, energy and performance issues in hardware implementation. Commercial circuits for digital communications systems.   Hardware implementation on FPGA. Interfaces to analog circuits. 
2. Programmable processor features to support digital communication algorithm implementation.   Understanding C-language implementations of digital communications algorithms.   Software implementation.  
3. Principles of hardware/software partitioning.  Interfacing hardware and software.   Hardware accelerators, co-processors. 
4. Reconfigurable and programmable platforms for Software-Defined Radio implementations.   Multi-processor platforms for SDR.  Coarse-grain reconfigurable logic as hardware accelerator. 
5. Practical implementation case studies. Evaluation and comparison of implementation options.   Design trade-offs.   Intelligent control for Cognitive Radio circuits. 

Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes

By understanding the core content the student can pass the course with grade 1-2. Good command of the complementary knowledge is needed for grades 3-4 and partial coverage of specialist knowledge for grade 5.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (0-5)

Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
TIE-02100 Johdatus ohjelmointiin Mandatory    
TIE-05100 Johdatus digitaalitekniikkaan Mandatory    
TIE-50100 Digitaalisuunnittelu Advisable    

Correspondence of content

There is no equivalence with any other courses

Updated by: Laine Katja, 13.04.2016