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Register Transfers and Sequencing in Verilog

Course id: 0045

Synopsis

Field Programmable Gate Arrays have allowed engineers to develop complex, sophisticated and extremely fast digital systems. Due to their versatility, they are also by far the most feasible option for prototyping. The complexity of digital systems however, meant it is more than necessary to develop such systems in hardware description languages (HDL) rather than schematic capture.

This course concentrates on the register transfer level (RTL) of abstraction for the signal pathways of digital systems, and introduces the algorithmic state machine (ASM) design methodology to control the pathways.

Course highlight
Participants will have practical design experience using the Altera DE2 FPGA development board, together with the use of Alteraâ€™s Quartus II development software.

Participants would develop a simple pipelined MIPS processor using the modules developed during the Verilog Design for Synthesis course. Alternatively, participants could develop a serial communication module akin to SPI, as part of the hands-on practical.

What you will learn

This course concentrates on the theoretical and practical knowledge to allow participants to achieve the following learning outcomes. Upon completing the course, participants would be able to:

Describe the operation of sequential circuits in the Register Transfer Level (RTL) notation
Partition digital systems along the lines of the datapath and control unit
Describe control flow with Algorithmic State Machines (ASM)
Efficiently and easily implement ASMs in Verilog
Understand the concepts of microprocessors and implementing them

Who should attend

This course is particularly suited for engineers involved in designs that require state machine control, which is typical of most digital systems.

Prerequisite

Participants must have completed the Verilog for Synthesis course. They should have a diploma/degree in electronics (and related) engineering with an understanding of digital systems.

Course methodology

This course is presented in a workshop style with example-led lectures interlaced with demonstrations and hands-on practical for maximum understanding.

Course duration

3 days.

Course structure

Register Transfer Level
- Overview
- RTL notation
Introduction to MIPS
- The MIPS architecture
- Instruction Set Architecture (subset)
- Instruction cycle
- Memory access
- Branching
- Hands-on Practical 1: Operations in RTL
Partitioning
- Design partitioning of datapath and control
- Hands-on Practical 2: Processor Control Unit
Algorithmic State Machine
- Overview of ASM
- Hands-on Practical 3: ASM for a Non-pipelined MIPS
- ASMs to Verilog
- Hands-on Practical 4: Implementation of a Non-pipelined MIPS
Pipelined MIPS
- Overview of pipelining
- Pipelined MIPS
- Hands-on Practical 5: Implementation of a Pipelined MIPS

Instructor

Dr Royan Ong

Course Schedule

Consultancy

Technical Consultancy

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