DIGITAL SYSTEM DESIGN
Stampa
Enrollment year
2019/2020
Academic year
2020/2021
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
ING-INF/05 (DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL,COMPUTER AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Course
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Curriculum
Computer Science and Multimedia
Year of study
Period
1st semester (28/09/2020 - 22/01/2021)
ECTS
6
Lesson hours
62 lesson hours
Language
Italian
Activity type
WRITTEN TEST
Teacher
LEPORATI FRANCESCO (titolare) - 4 ECTS
CRISTIANI ANDREA MARIA - 2 ECTS
Prerequisites
Fundamentals of digital systems electronics and microprocessors architecture.
Learning outcomes
Fundamentals of a typical microprocessor architetcure and its instruction set. HW and SW description of a system for signal acquisition based on a Digital Signal Processor. Blue Tooth communication between DSP and PC. Labview software interfaces for data transfer between DSP and PC.
Course contents
Basic elements of assembly programming and correlation with the corresponding microprocessor design.
Introduction to Labview.
Software design in G language for file, arrays, strings management.
Vi design for data acquisition through traditional USB ports or Blue Tooth connections.
Design of a system managed through a DSP to read sensors for industrial and biomedical applications.
Teaching methods
Lessons: 15
Practice exercises: 45
Reccomended or required readings
Lecture notes that can be downloaded from the course site (mclab.unipv.it)
Assessment methods
The final exam is organised in two distinct trials:

1) Design of a new version of the microprocessor architecture seen during the lessons, to implement new instructions.

2) Design a LabVIEW program and a assembly code for the data acquisition through DSP.
Further information
THE ATTENDANCE TO THE COURSE IS MANDATORY RELATIVELY TO THE DSP PART HELD BY PROF. CRISTIANI
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