Digital design - KAIE9M16

Goal(s)

The digital design part targets methods and tools used in system design and also the bases of the Computer-Aided-Design tools (logic synthesis, High level synthesis, Data-path-FSM architecture).

The FPGA prototyping covers the design and implementation of a complete embedded system based on a RISC processor (RISC-V). This processor is able to execute the RISCV RV32I instruction set.

At the end of this course, students will be able to :

• Design digital circuits given a functionality specification and a set of basic components
• Master a 32-bit RISC processor architecture (RISC-V)
• Understand the principles of VGA display
• Simulate and synthesize the architecture of a complete embedded system using Xilinx Vivado tools.

Content(s)

1. Digital Design :

• Bool functions and basics
• Optimization et factorization of boolean functions (Quine - Mc Kluskey method)
• Logic synthesis
• Data-path and control parts of a chip
• Control part synthesis
• High level synthesis

2. Introduction to FPGA programmable circuits :

• Examples of FPGA architectures
• FPGA design flow

3. Integrator project :

• Implementation of 32-bit processor instructions (RISC-V)
• Validation of instructions by simulation and testing on prototyping board
• Design, simulation and synthesis of test programs: led counter, minimalist led chaser, pattern rotation chaser
• Control of a 7-segment display
• Software applications on RISC-V processor: invaders, pong, brick, snake

• Basic knowledge of digital electronic systems
• Notions of combinatorial and sequential circuits
• Module "Algorithms and programming" (IESE3 - 5th & 6th semester)
• Module "Microcontroller" (IESE3 - 5th & 6th semester)
• Module "Processor architecture" (IESE5 - 9th semester)
• Module "VHDL" (IESE4 - 9th semester)

Calendar

The course exists in the following branches:

• Curriculum - IESE - Semester 9

Additional Information

Course ID : KAIE9M16
Course language(s):

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Bibliography

Conception avancée:

• The Synthesis Approach to Digital System Design, P. Michel et al., Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992
• Behavioral Synthesis and Component Reuse with VHDL, A. A. Jerraya et al., Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997
• Conception Logique et Physique des Systèmes Monopuces, A. Jerraya et al., Hermes, 2002 (in French)
• Conception de Haut Niveau des Systèmes Monopuces, A. Jerraya et al., Hermes, 2002 (in French)
• Algorithms for VLSI Design Automation, S. Gerez, Wiley, 1999
• Architectures Logicielles et Matérielles, P. Amblard et al., Dunod, 2000 (in French)

Prototypage:

• "1076-2008 - IEEE Standard VHDL Language Reference Manual" par IEEE
• "VHDL : Programming by Example" 4th Edition, par Douglas L. Perry
• "Computer Organization and Design - The Hardware/Software Interface" (RISC-V Edition), par David A. Patterson et John L. Hennessy
• The RISC-V Reader: An Open Architecture Atlas, David Patterson and Andrew Waterman, 2017