Title :
Using an FPGA-based SOC approach for senior design projects
Author :
Hamblen, James O.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes our experiences using a SOC approach to develop capstone design projects for undergraduate students in our electrical and computer engineering curriculum. A commercial FPGA-based SOC development board with a RISC processor IP core is used to support a wide variety of student design projects. A top-down rapid prototyping approach with commercial CAD tools, a C compiler targeted for the RISC processor IP core, and a large field-programmable logic device (FPLD) is used for team-based design projects.
Keywords :
C language; field programmable gate arrays; project engineering; rapid prototyping (industrial); reduced instruction set computing; system-on-chip; C compiler; FPGA; RISC processor; SOC development board; capstone design projects; commercial CAD tools; computer engineering; computer-aided design; electrical engineering; field programmable gate array; field programmable logic device; intellectual property; rapid prototyping; reduced instruction set computing; student design projects; system-on-chip; undergraduate students; Color; Educational robots; Machine vision; Microelectronics; Pulse width modulation; Radio control; Robot sensing systems; Servomechanisms; Signal generators; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Microelectronic Systems Education, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1973-3
DOI :
10.1109/MSE.2003.1205235
