This web page contains description of Dr. Kin Hong Wong's course CENG3430/ESTR3100(Elite Class) Rapid Prototyping of Digital Systems
 Updated on 27 Dec. 2017,  Course description .

CENG3430/ESTR3100(Elite Class) Rapid Prototyping of Digital Systems Course Outline: This course introduces digital prototyping techniques such as the use of a hardware description language for hardware system development, and the methods for interfacing field programmable devices to memory systems and microprocessors. Techniques to build reliable digital systems in the presence of power supply variation, high frequency effects, transmission line effects and noise are also discussed.

• Lecture: Mon. 4:30-6:15pm. Venue: ERB 404, (Map)
• laboratory and tutorial :Tuesday 5:30-7:15pm. Venue: SHB-102 (lab)
• See AVSU for map and teaching equipment available)
  
• Classroom map: (http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/rgs -> Teaching Time Table -> Classroom Booking -> Class room Inventory  -> Classroom location --> Click the building name to view map)

• Honesty in Academic work
• English Video : http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/clear/tnl/Plagiarism_English.html
• Cantonese Video : http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/clear/tnl/Plagiarism_Cantonese.html
• Staff Student expectations

Tutorial and lab pages Blackboard eLearning at CUHK (b21..)	Tutorials for ISE ise14_manual (how to use XILINX project navigator v1.46 and FPGA board) http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/sw_manuals/xilinx14_4/ise_tutorial_ug695.pdf
Lecture Notes and tutorials
Marking scheme and Exams
References	Useful Links

Lecture Notes and tutorials

A) Computer Aided Digital Design Techniques: VHDL (tool: Xilinx IDE Design Suite 12.1) , see also useful hardware links

• HS_i: Power supply systems

• HS_ii: Transmission lines   

Marking scheme and Exams CENG3430/ESTR3100(Elite Class)

• Part 1: Class exercises, laboratory exercises, quizzes and project assignments are accounted for 50% of the overall assessment. The requirement for the project of ESTR3100 is higher than that in CENG3430.
• Please check your assignment and lab. marks at "eLearning" regularly, if you have complain please let us know as soon as possible; the marks will not be changed 2 weeks after published online.
• This part includes:
• Weekly class exercises: 10%
• One Quiz: 5%
• Weekly Labs: 10%
• Free project demo and report: 25%
• Part 2: The final exam is 50% of the overall assessment. CENG3430 and ESTR3100 have different examination papers.
• A student must gain at least 40% of the full marks in each of the above parts in order to pass the course.
• CUHK Examination Papers Database

•   References
  
• VHDL
  
• vivado-teaching-material/hdl-design.html
• A Basic FPGA code for zedboard
• Free_range_vhdl
  
• VHDL-Handbook
  
• Digital Systems Design Using VHDL, Charles H. Roth (first or second edition)
  
• Rapid Prototyping of Digital Systems, by Hamblen, James etal. Springer 2008. (Hamblen, read_online)
  
• Digital Design: Principles and Practices, 4/E John F. Wakerly, Prentice Hall.
• High-Speed Digital Design: A Handbook of Black Magic by Howard W. Johnson and Martin Graham Prentice Hall.
• Verilog
• FPGA for fun (Verilog based) many interesting projects
  
• FPGA(Verilog based ) using Zedbaord  tutorial
• Verilog in_one_day 
  
• Free Verilog tutorial book pdf
  
• BOOKBOON (for more free text books)

Useful Links: There are some useful links related to the course

• Xilinx and Zedboard projects http://hamsterworks.co.nz/mediawiki/index.php/FPGA_Projects
• Camera Interface: http://hamsterworks.co.nz/mediawiki/index.php/Zedboard_OV7670
  
• Stepper:  http://hamsterworks.co.nz/mediawiki/index.php/Stepper
  
• Tutorials
  
• http://zedboard.org/sites/default/files/documentations/ZedBoard_HW_UG_v2_2.pdf
  
• http://www.xilinx.com/support/university/workshops.html
  
• http://www.xilinx.com/support/university/vivado/vivado-workshops/Vivado-system-design-zynq.html
• Tutorial: http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/sw_manuals/xilinx2013_1/ug940-vivado-tutorial-embedded-design.pdf
  
• Zedboard (included Xilinx Zynq®-7000 and an ARM processor), Zedboard-projects
• A free book on Zynq7000
  
• Projects:
  
• Camera (OV7670) and zedbaord intearfcing and processing project
  
• http://www.cnblogs.com/surpassal/archive/2012/09/08/ZedBoard_Lab2.html (learning to us the Zedboard)
  
• Demos:
• Edge detection using fpga
• Four point algorithm FPGA+ARM demo 
• KH WONG's hardware links
• Advanced topic: CPU design using VHDL
  
  • A CPU in VHDL: http://www.spacewire.co.uk/
  • http://ccckmit.wikidot.com/code:cpu
  • Free processors on the web http://www.ht-lab.com/misc/link/link.html
  • A simple cpu design http://esd.cs.ucr.edu/labs/tutorial/controller.vhd
  • Many CPUs http://members.optusnet.com.au/jekent/FPGA.htm,
  • A 4-bit small cpu http://esd.cs.ucr.edu/labs/micro/micro.html
  • A CPU and VHDL examples by Weijun Zhang http://esd.cs.ucr.edu/labs/tutorial/
  • A small 4-bit cpu, good for teaching http://esd.cs.ucr.edu/lab_index.html#lab_ch3