Digital Design, 5 cr

Core content

• Specification, design and analysis of synchronous logic. Different levels of description abstractions in digital system.
• Combinational gate networks. Two and multi-level gate networks. Critical path.
• Sequential networks. Mealy and Moore state machines. Timing analysis and determination of clock speed.
• Standard modules. Connecting modules using bus structures. Data and control paths. Register Transfer Level.
• FPGA architecture and usage in digital design. Design tools and methodologies.

Complementary knowledge

• The Y-model: behaviour, architecture and mapping. Hierarchical design.
• Propagation delay. Fan-in and fan-out. Loading of the gates.
• Extended state machines with memory. Registered state machine.
• Centralized and distributed bus arbitration. Core modules of a processor. Adjusting the level of parallelism in execution.
• FPGA boards with peripherals. Practical designs.

Specialist knowledge

• Equivalent state machines.
• Network-on-Chip
• FPGA as a platform for own processors. Simulators.