A basic processor for teaching digital circuits and systems design with FPGA

Author

Pereira, Maicon Carlos ; Viera, Paulo Viniccius ; Raabe, André Luis Alice ; Zeferino, Cesar Albenes

Author_Institution

Master Program on Appl. Comput. Sci., Univ. of Vale do Itajai, Itajai, Brazil

fYear

2012

fDate

20-23 March 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Design of digital circuits and systems are topics covered in undergraduate courses on Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Electrical Engineering. Simple processor architectures are used as example of digital systems to apply and integrate the concepts studied in these courses. In this paper, we discuss the use of a simple processor named BIP (Basic Instruction-set Processor) in courses on digital circuits and systems design. BIP is distinguished from similar processors because it was developed by applying a multidisciplinary approach in order to allow its use in introductory courses on computer programming and in several other courses in the Computer Science area.

Keywords

digital circuits; digital systems; electrical engineering education; field programmable gate arrays; program processors; Computer Science area; FPGA; basic instruction-set processor; basic processor; computer programming; digital circuit; introductory course; multidisciplinary approach; systems design; Computer architecture; Digital circuits; Digital systems; Organizations; Programming; Registers; FPGA in education; computer programming; digital circuits; digital systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Programmable Logic (SPL), 2012 VIII Southern Conference on

Conference_Location

Bento Goncalves

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0184-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SPL.2012.6211804

Filename

6211804