EE 3921 - Fall 2022

Class Schedule and Notes
Class Date	Topics	Pre-work	Resources
	Topics	Pre-work	Resources	Common Resources	C Programming SW Tools Embedded Systems Logic Systems
W1 - C1	No Class
W1 - C2	Design Flow	System Design Process video FPGA Design Flow video	FPGA Pin Assignments
W1 - C3	VHDL Review	Logic Review video VHDL Review video	with-select when-else if-else case VHDL Types VHDL Type Attributes VHDL Type Conversion VHDL Operator Precedence VHDL Special Functions VHDL 2008 Specification VHDL Best Practices
W2 - C1	Verification	Verification video Testbench File I/O video Testbench Automation video	Modelsim Testbench Setup Modelsim Simulation Tips
W2 - C2	Basic Logic Blocks	Registers video Counters video Clock Dividers video Memories video	ROM Constants MIF File Format
W2 - C3	Finite State Machines	State Diagrams video Optimized State Diagrams video Simple FSMs video Counter Based FSMs video	FSM Encoding
W3 - C1	FSMs with Datapath	ASM Charts video FSMD video
W3 - C2	FPGA Architecture	FPGA Basics video MAX10 Architecture video	MAX10 Overview MAX10 Data Sheet MAX10 Architecture Handbook
W3 - C3	MAX10 Memory	MAX10 Memory HDL video MAX10 Memory video	MAX10 Ram/Rom Guide MAX10 Flash Guide MAX10 FIFO Guide MAX10 Ram based Shift Register Guide
W4 - C1	Application VGA - HDL	VGA Basics video VGA Driver HDL video VGA Lab Note video	VGA_drvr.vhdl VGA 10x4 testbench VGA 640x480 DE10 Implementation VGA 1280x1024 DE10 Implementation Display timing website
W4 - C2	PLLs and Multiplies	PLL Basics video MAX10 PLL video MAX10 PLL MegaWizard video MAX10 Multiplier video	MAX10 PLL Guide MAX10 Multiplier Guide
W4 - C3	Debug	SignalTap video	SignalTap Reference
W5 - C1	Test 1 Review	Test 1 Topics
W5 - C2	Catch-up, help
W5 - C3	Test 1
W6 - C1	NIOS II Intro	Nios II Processor Intro video Nios II Example video	NIOS II Embedded Design Handbook NIOS II Processor Guide NIOS II Software Guide NIOS II Debug Guide
W6 - C2	NIOS II I/O	Nios II I/O video
W6 - C3	NIOS II Character Buffer	Character Buffer Intro video Character Buffer Hardware video Character Buffer Software video	Video IP Guide
W7 - C1	NIOS II Pixel Buffer	Pixel Buffer Intro video Pixel Buffer Hardware video Pixel Buffer Software video	Embedded Peripherals Guide SDRAM Spec
W7 - C2	NIOS II Peripherals	Parallel I/O video Interval Timer video System ID video	Embedded Peripherals - PIO Embedded Peripherals - Interval Timer Embedded Peripherals - System ID
W7 - C3	NIOS II Interrupts	Interrupts video Interrupts Example video	Exception Handlers
W8 - C1	MAX10 ADC	ADC Review video Max10 ADC video Max10 ADC - NIOS Example video Max10 ADC - Toolkit Example video	DE10 Lite ADC Warning MAX10 ADC Guide
W8 - C2	Accelerometer	Accelerometer Intro video Accelerometer- NIOS Example video	ADXL 345 (accelerometer) Spec
W8 - C3	Serial Communications	SPI Review NIOS SPI Example video	Embedded Peripherals - SPI
W9 - C1	Project Work
W9 - C2	Project Work
W9 - C3	Project Work
W10 - C1	Test 2 Review	Test 2 Topics
W10 - C2	Project Work
W10 - C3	Test 2