- Docente: Stefano Mattoccia
- Credits: 6
- SSD: ING-INF/05
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Mechatronics Engineering (cod. 9250)
Learning outcomes
Learning basic digital design principles and organization of computer architectures following a top-down approach. Each topic will be followed by an experimental evaluation with popular devices and computing architectures.
Course contents
Representation of information and basic logic design principles. Structure and organization of a computer system. Memory devices. Central Processing Unit (CPU) and machine language. Interrupts. Hardware/software interaction with laboratory experiments.
Readings/Bibliography
Slides available on the course website.
Teaching methods
Each topic will be followed by experiments (in the lab).
Assessment methods
Written exam: design of a CPU-based system and questions concerned with computer architectures.
Teaching tools
Slides and practical experiments with the Arduino platform.
Office hours
See the website of Stefano Mattoccia