Title :
Using the Altera UP 1 board for prototyping and VGA video display generation
Author :
Hamblen, James O. ; Ruhl, Gregory E.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes current work utilizing a rapid prototyping approach to simulate, synthesize and implement prototype digital systems and computer architectures. PCs are used with student versions of commercial VHDL based CAD tools along with a low cost CPLD development board. VGA video output generated directly by the CPLD chip is used to display graphics or textual data eliminating the need for a logic analyzer. This low cost methodology is utilized in the design laboratory sequence of required courses for computer engineering students at Georgia Tech
Keywords :
CAD; computer graphics; computer science education; educational courses; hardware description languages; laboratories; microcomputers; software prototyping; student experiments; Altera UP 1 board; CPLD development board; VGA video display generation; VHDL based CAD tools; computer architectures; computer engineering students; courses; design laboratory; digital systems; graphics display; rapid prototyping; textual data display; university; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Computer displays; Computer simulation; Costs; Design automation; Digital systems; Personal communication networks; Prototypes; Virtual prototyping;
Conference_Titel :
Microelectronic Systems Education, 1999. MSE'99. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0312-8
DOI :
10.1109/MSE.1999.787015
