Computer Structure Lab - Fall 2002

people:

Dr. Guy Even
URL: http://www.eng.tau.ac.il/~guy/index.html
Office Hours: Wednesday 12-13, Room 116, Engineering-Labs Building

Nissim Halabi
Office Hour: Room 108, Engineering-Labs Building, Thursdays 16-17.

Marko Markov
Tel: 640-8294 (lab) 640-6047 (room 221, Engineering-Classes Building)

Email addresses: "first name"@eng.tau.ac.il

place & time:

Lab: Room 204, Engineering-Classes Building,
Sundays 12-15 & 15-18
Tuesdays 8-11 & 11-14
Exercise: Room 238, Wolfson, Thursdays 14-16 (only during the first half of the semester).

email distribution list:

To join the list, read old postings, etc. visit: http://post.tau.ac.il/archives/eng0515-2004-10.html

course material:

Lab Schedule (text)
Requirements (html)
Handout #0 (postscript) or Handout #0 (pdf)
Handout #1 (postscript) or Handout #1 (pdf)
Handout #2 (postscript) or Handout #2 (pdf)
Handout #3 (postscript) or Handout #3 (pdf)
Handout #4 (postscript) or Handout #4 (pdf)
VHDL State machine examples: state machine with state encoding, a Mealy state machine, a Moore state machine.
Handout #5 (postscript) or Handout #5 (pdf)
Handout #6 (postscript) or Handout #6 (pdf)
software: assembler, simulator, test program, etc. (directory)
grades (updated 23-01-03)

tips:

Connecting busses with the Foundation software: This figure shows what happens when buses are connected. Special attention is given to index order ([31:0] vs. [0:31]) and to connections made by identical names.

links and books:

Xilinx Student Edition - Foundation Ver. 1.5 can be loaned from the library (overnight). (system number <1466473>) library catalog entry.
Digital Design Principles and Practices by John F. Wakerly. Reserved copy in the library. This digital design book is written so that the students can do everything also with the Xilinx Student Edition Foundation Software. The book also has a web site with ABEL examples and examples of Foundation 1.5 schematics. Visit the book's web site.
Xilinx University Program
"The Complexity of Simple Computer Architectures", by Silvia M. Müller and Wolfgang J. Paul
" Computer Architecture: Complexity and Correctness", by Silvia M. Müller and Wolfgang J. Paul