System Prototyping and Hardware Software Design

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System Prototyping and Hardware Software Design

• Trong-Yen Lee
• http//www.ntut.edu.tw/tylee
• E-mail tylee_at_ntut.edu.tw

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Course Outline

• Introduction
• System Prototyping Platforms
• Design Environments and Tools
• Hardware/Software Partitioning Techniques
• Hardware Design for FPGA
• Software Development for Embedded Processor in
  FPGA
• System Verification
• Case Study

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Lab

• Lab 1 - Basic Hardware Design Create an XPS
  project using Base System Builder to develop a
  basic MicroBlaze system for a target board.
• Lab 2 - Adding IP to a MicroBlaze Design Learn
  to add IP such as bridges, OPB peripherals, OPB
  bus, and others to the basic hardware design.
• Lab 3 - Adding Custom IP Explore adding a custom
  IP to your MicroBlaze design, using the
  Creating/Importing Peripheral Wizard.
• Lab 4 - Writing Basic Software Application Write
  a basic C application that utilizes the UART and
  GPIO.
• Lab 5 - Advanced Software Writing Use the OPB
  Timer and the interrupt service routine.
• Lab 6 - Verification Perform on-chip debug with
  Chipscope-Pro

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Prerequisites

• Basic understanding of FPGA
• Basic understanding of VLSI
• Understand the Xilinx ISE tool set
• Basic C programming
• Basic understanding of Xilinx MicroBlaze?
  processors
• Basic HDL knowledge

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Book and References

• Wayne Wolf, FPGA-Based System Design, Prentice
  Hall, 2004.
• hppt//www.xilinx.com/support/support.htm
• FPGA-based System prototyping related papers

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Score

• Mean Term Exam. 30
• Homework 30
• Term Project 40