ELEC-C9510 - Programmatic Hardware Design, Lecture, 3.9.2024-28.11.2024

Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After the course a student

- can work fluently in Unix operating system environment

- knows basics of Unix scripting language

- knows basics of version control

- can model simple systems, commonly involved in signal processing, by Python

- understands principles of simple hardware markup language descriptions

- can implement simple digital systems by using FPGAs

Credits: 5

Schedule: 03.09.2024 - 28.11.2024

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Marko Kosunen

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

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    In future an electronics designer must have an understanding of a hardware-software interface and of restrictions a hardware can cause for softwares. Also a design methodology requires a good basic knowledge in programming, as programming is widely utilized in electronics design. On the course one becomes acquainted with a design process of an electronic device in a way, where modelling, simulation and finally controlling and operating system are connected to be one programmatic ensemble.

    On the course a student develops his/her programming skills in a way which promotes hardware design and the course familiarizes the student with the powerful prorgammatic methods from an electronics design perspective. The course familiarizes the student with typical designing environments and different stages of the programmatic harware design from the modelling to the implementation are went through. The course provides to students an excellent starting point to improve their know-how in programming and in hardware design in their further studies.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

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    Approved accomplishment of exercises

Workload

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    In the course there are lectures and exercises

DETAILS

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Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

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    Teaching Language: English

    Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Autumn I - II
    2025-2026 Autumn I - II

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