Content owner

Tampere University

Extent

5 cr

Course dates

10/1/2022 - 25/5/2022

Application period

15/11/2021 - 6/12/2021

Fees

75.00 € (15 €/cr)

Campus

Hervanta Campus

City

Tampere

Faculty or School

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences

Language of instruction

English

Code

COMP.CE.400

Study fields

Data Processing and Information Technology

Mode of study

Contact teaching

Study level

Advanced studies

System Design, 5, cr

Code: COMP.CE.400

Language of instruction: English

Description

After completing the course, the student knows the design process of complex embedded systems including several processors, HW IP-blocks, SW platform components and SW applications with real-time constraints. In the exercise work, students practice HW/SW co-design and system integration, verification, and prototyping. Students implement a small video encoding system on FPGA. The first step is creating a behavioral model that is simulated on PC. From it, a set of implementations are created on FPGA board by varying the number of processors and HW IP-blocks. Performance and costs are analysed for the implementations. All this gives a realistic embedded product development experience.

Contents

Core content

Introduction to embedded, multi-processor system-on-chip (SoC) technologies.
Importance of design reuse and application portability between HW and SW implementations.
Principles of model based design with abstraction and orthogonalization of concerns.
Layered system model and interfaces.
Related HW and SW standards and best practises.
Hands-on exercise work implementing a parallel, real-time application on heterogeneous HW/SW platform

Complementary knowledge

International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS)
Modularization of HW and SW components.
Y-model based design process. Specification, synthesis, verification.
Hardware dependent software, APIs, RTOS
IP-XACT, OCP-IP, MCAPI, POSIX, SystemC
Performance estimation, measurement, analysis and optimization.

Specialist knowledge

Complexity of HW and SW and their trends
XML-based metadata for HW/SW component integration.
Design automation and tools. Management of configurations.
Driver implementation.
Embedded Linux
Development tools chosen for the course implementation.

Course dates

Common

Lecture:

10.01.2022 12:00 - 14:00
17.01.2022 12:00 - 14:00
24.01.2022 12:00 - 14:00
31.01.2022 12:00 - 14:00
07.02.2022 12:00 - 14:00
14.02.2022 12:00 - 14:00
21.02.2022 12:00 - 14:00
07.03.2022 12:00 - 14:00
14.03.2022 12:00 - 14:00
21.03.2022 12:00 - 14:00
28.03.2022 12:00 - 14:00
04.04.2022 12:00 - 14:00
11.04.2022 12:00 - 14:00
25.04.2022 12:00 - 14:00

Groups

Group 1:

11.01.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
18.01.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
25.01.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
01.02.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
08.02.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
15.02.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
22.02.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
08.03.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
15.03.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
22.03.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
29.03.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
05.04.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
12.04.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
26.04.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)

Group 2:

12.01.2022 12:00 - 14:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
19.01.2022 12:00 - 14:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
26.01.2022 12:00 - 14:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
02.02.2022 12:00 - 14:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
09.02.2022 12:00 - 14:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
16.02.2022 12:00 - 14:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
23.02.2022 12:00 - 14:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
09.03.2022 12:00 - 14:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
16.03.2022 12:00 - 14:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
23.03.2022 12:00 - 14:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
30.03.2022 12:00 - 14:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
06.04.2022 12:00 - 14:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
20.04.2022 12:00 - 14:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
27.04.2022 12:00 - 14:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)

Group 3:

13.01.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
20.01.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
27.01.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
03.02.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
10.02.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
17.02.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
24.02.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
10.03.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
17.03.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
24.03.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
31.03.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
07.04.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
21.04.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)
28.04.2022 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Tietotalo TC219 FPGA-laboratorio (21)

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of digital design and C/C++ programming is mandatory.
Prerequisite

Code: TIE-02201
Name: Programming 2: Basics
ECTS credits: 5
Mandatory: Advisable
Alternativity: Either English or Finnish course

Prerequisite

Code: TIE-02207
Name: Programming 2: Basics
ECTS credits: 5
Mandatory: Advisable
Alternativity: Either English or Finnish course

Prerequisite

Code: TIE-50100
Name: Digital Design
ECTS credits: 5
Mandatory: Advisable
Alternativity: Either English or Finnish course

Prerequisite

Code: TIE-50106
Name: Digital Design
ECTS credits: 5
Mandatory: Advisable
Alternativity: Either English or Finnish course

Recommended Prerequisites

Programming 2: Structures, COMP.CS.110, 5 cr
Digital Design, COMP.CE.200, 5 cr

Teaching material

Material

Type: Lecture slides
Name: TIE-50506 Lecture Notes
Author: Timo D. Hämäläinen
Exam material: Yes
Language: English
Info: Available as pdf download in POP

Material

Type: Book
Name: Embedded System Design - Modeling, Synthesis and Verification
Author: Daniel G. Gajski et al
Exam material: Yes
ISBN: ISBN 978-1-4419-0504-8
URL: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4419-0504-8/page/1
Language: English
Info: Available as pdf download from tut.fi domain

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