35152 - Hardware-software design of embedded systems M

Learning outcomes

Note: This course is taken from the Second-cycle Degree in Ingegneria Elettronica.

Course contents

Part 1 – System-on-chip (SoC) hardware design – fundamental concepts exemplified on reconfigurable SoCs (Xilinx Zynq)

• Hardware design Languages (HDLs) and their use to specify and implement combinational and sequential circuits. The main concepts are exemplified though the use of the SystemVerilog HDL
• Hardware design flow and tools – Synthesis, simulation, verification. The main concepts are illustrated with examples using commercial electronic design automation (EDA) tools
• IP-based design – building a design from pre-designed components.

Part 2 – Microcontroller systems design – Hardware and Software

• Microcontroller architecture based on the ARM Cortex M family. Microcontroller peripherals. Microcontroller programming for maximum Energy efficiency
• Analog and Digital sensor interfaces, MEMS sensors – Smart sensors – Wireless sensor Networks. System power management

Part 3 – Parallel Architecture and Parallel programming for advanced embedded systems

• Multicore architectures and their use in energy efficient embedded Systems with examples from consumer and industrial market segments based on the ARMv8 instruction set (Cortex A family).
• Programming shared memory multicore systems using the OpenMP programming model – with practical examples based on multicore development boards (e.g. Tega's Jetson)

Readings/Bibliography

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Teaching methods

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Assessment methods

Written exam and Oral exam

Oral Exam

Project activity and oral discussion

Teaching tools

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Links to further information

http://courses.eees.dei.unibo.it/MPHSENG/

Office hours

See the website of Luca Benini