Hardware Description Languages

Modules "Electrical Engineering", "Electronics" and "Computer Science", Semester 1 to 4

• Internal structures and properties of FPGAs and CPLDs.
• Fundamentals of Verilog or VHDL.
• Implementation digital logic.
• Verifikation of digital logic.
• FPGA tool chain
• Application of digital design techniques in an FPGA project

After successful completion of the course, students will be able to outline and explain the structure and properties of different types of programmable devices. Students will be able to outline the basics and structure of a description language (VHDL or Verilog). Students will be able to use VHDL or Verilog for modeling as well as verification through simulation. Students will be able to synthesize and verify digital systems designed in VHDL or Verilog using an FPGA.

Lecture, seminars, labs- and group work, projects

Written examination (75%)

Evaluation of the project results and project report (25%)

For a positive grade, a minimum of 50% of the possible points must be achieved in each part of the examination.

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• Ashenden, Peter J. (2011): The designer's guide to VHDL. 3. ed. Amsterdam: Morgan Kaufmann.
• Flügel, Harald (2010): FPGA-Design mit Verilog. München: Oldenbourg.
• Grout, Ian (2008): Digital systems design with FPGAs and CPLDs. Amsterdam: Elsevier/Newnes.
• Reichardt, Jürgen (2011): Lehrbuch Digitaltechnik: eine Einführung mit VHDL. 2., überarb. Aufl. München: Oldenbourg.
• Roth, Charles H.; John, Lizy Kurian (2008): Digital systems design using VHDL. 2. ed. Toronto: Thomson.
• Application Notes of selected devices.

Face to face