Winter 2017 - ECE378: Computer Hardware Design

• Syllabus
• For VHDL material, see Tutorial: VHDL for FPGAs
• Useful links:
  • VHDL examples for Nexys-3 Board: VHDL Workshop
  • Prof. Hanna's book: Introduction to Digital Design Using Digilent FPGA Boards - Block Diagram/VHDL Examples

LABORATORY

• Hardware:
  • Nexys^TM-4 DDR Artix-7 FPGA Board (which houses the XC7A100T-1CSG324 Artix-7 FPGA): webpage
  • Nexys-4 DDR Schematics
  • Nexys-4 DDR Reference Manual
  • Nexys-4 DDR Master XDC file for Vivado Designs
  
  
  • Nexys^TM-4 Artix-7 FPGA Board (which houses the XC7A100T-1CSG324 Artix-7 FPGA): webpage
  • Nexys-4 Schematics
  • Nexys-4 Reference Manual
  • Nexys-4 Master XDC file for Vivado Designs


• Software: Xilinx Vivado HL Webpack Edition: Download

Laboratory Assignments

• Laboratory 1
• Laboratory 2
• Laboratory 3   mybarrelshifter.vhd   myLZD.vhd
• Laboratory 4   mydebouncer.vhd   my_genpulse_sclr.vhd
• Laboratory 5   accelerom.zip   (ADXL362 datasheet)
• Laboratory 6   in_RAMgen.vhd   myinival.txt   fsm_sclk.vhd   my_genpulse_sclr.vhd

FINAL PROJECT

• Guidelines
• Report Template

List of Projects

• Blind Spot Detection: Report   Presentation
• Fixed Point Calculator (keyboard): Report   Presentation
• Fixed Point Calculator (keypad): Report   Presentation
• Pacman Game on VGA: Report   Presentation
• Floating Point Calculator (VGA): Report   Presentation
• VGA game - The Island: Report   Presentation
• Floating Point Calculator (7-seg): Report   Presentation

Reconfigurable Computing Research Laboratory (RECRLab), Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Oakland University