EDA385: Embedded Systems Design - Advanced Course (Project)

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1 1 EDA385: Embedded Systems Design - Advanced Course (Project) Flavius Gruian Flavius.Gruian@cs.lth.se Tel.: Office: 2188 E/D House Per Andersson Per.Andersson@cs.lth.se E/D House

2 2 Lecture 1 Contents Course Organization Purpose, Goals Schedule, Locals, etc. Passing Requirements Bibliography, Pointers Getting started Project suggestions Available hardware Available software tools

3 3 Course Goals Show the challenges of developing embedded systems from idea to prototype Offer knowledge necessary in a real-life industrial environment Give support for developing interesting and fun applications Help you share your design experiences with the other participants

4 4 Concrete Achievements A fully working embedded system prototype A report describing the prototype Experience with: FPGA based prototyping (Xilinx based) System design (Sw and Hw) Various standards/formats

5 5 Schedule Lectures: Wednesdays 15-17, E:1406 (2116?) (4 + (1) normal lectures + 2 project presentations) Labs: Fridays 8-10, in Neptunus (+Saturnus) Important Dates: Initial Proposal Presentation: Sep. 9, Wed (2nd lecture) Revised Proposal: Sep. 14, Mon Project Presentation on Oct. 16, Fri (last lecture) Demonstration on Oct. 16, Fri (last lab) Final Report: Oct. 19, Mon (expect feedback) corrections to the final report: on group basis

6 6 Grading Compulsory in order to PASS: 1)Proposal (presentation + revised) 2)Presentation (final) 3)Demonstration 4)Final report (with corrections) Credits: 7.5p (or nothing)

7 7 Work Groups of 3 students (preferably) Separate projects Do collaborate between groups (exchange ideas, hardware IPs, etc.) Similar environment, tools, architecture as in EDA380 Expect: most of the work outside labs/lectures a lot of individual reading/study

8 8 Support Boards and modules: Groups can borrow boards on a 24h basis! 10 x Nexys 2 (Spartan 3E) + few modules 5 x MB1000 (Virtex II) + comm modules (older) Questions: Only during lectures, labs, and office hours! Office hours: Flavius: Friday all day (except lunch) Per: Tuesday all day (except lunch)

9 9 Bibliography and Pointers course homepage: Xilinx page: Books on embedded systems (not course books!): Embedded Systems Design: A Unified Hardware/Software Introduction, Vhaid;Givaris, John Wiley & Sons Inc., ISBN Embedded Systems: A Contemporary Design tool, Peckol, John Wiley & Sons Inc., ISBN

10 10 Lecture 1 Contents Course Organization Purpose, Goals Schedule, Locals, etc. Passing Requirements Bibliography, Pointers QUESTIONS? Getting started Project suggestions Available hardware Available software tools

11 11 The Project Select the application Select the architecture Processor(s), Peripherals, Custom cores (Should have: Microblaze, RS232, VGA, PS2,...) Model the system, if necessary Write software & hardware test components individually dummy components for units not yet available Integrate & Test again

12 12 Project suggestions (I) Arcade Video Game: (Ping-Pong, Tetris, Space Invaders, Guitar Hero, etc.) VGA controller with custom performance PS/2 controller (keyboard/mouse) Sound/Microphone for enhanced feel Interrupts, Multi-threads Sound processing (Echo, Visualizer, Graphic Equalizer, etc.) microphone, speakers, display

13 13 Project suggestions (II) Video Terminal (VT100, ) text mode VGA controller Ethernet or TCP/IP based switch/firewall requires some work to connect NET1 to Nexys2 Fine Grain Process Simulator cloth dynamics, AI-life dynamics (flocks/schools/ packs/formations), hardware accelerated Your Own Ideas (discuss them with us)

14 14 Next Step choose project groups (of 3) brainstorm for project ideas choose the most interesting/feasible divide the work! include in the (written) proposal: a working schedule agree upon who does what start working Good Luck!