Obiettivi

Scopo dell'insegnamento e' avviare gli studenti ad una conoscenza degli aspetti caratterizzanti le discipline dell'elettronica. L'insegnamento prende in considerazione i concetti fondamentali del trattamento elettronico dell'informazione, sia essa di tipo analogico che digitale, soffermandosi sull'esame del comportamento fisico dei dispositivi elettronici e dei circuiti analogici e digitali, in modo che lo studente possa valutarne l'influenza sulle prestazioni reali del sistema: amplificazione, risposta in frequenza, velocita', dissipazione di potenza.

Programma del corso

SISTEMI ELETTRONICI DIGITALI

CFU: 10
Corso di studi: Ing.V (1 liv.) - MI - INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA
Docente: Angelo Geraci

Obiettivi

Obiettivo del corso e' fornire i fondamenti delle metodologie e delle tecniche di elaborazione digitale dell'informazione in particolare propedeutiche all'uso dei dispositivi elettronici configurabili, in particolare dei dispositivi FPGA.

Programma del corso

Obiettivi

Obiettivo dell’insegnamento è permettere agli studenti di acquisire competenze di progettazione di sistemi elettronici basati su microcontrollori, sia per quanto riguarda la progettazione hardware di schede che per lo sviluppo del firmware (in Assembly) e del software di più alto livello (in linguaggio C). L’insegnamento presenta le architetture interne dei microcontrollori ad 8 bit di Microchip e di STMicroelectronics.

Programma del corso

MASTER - Laurea Magistrale

DIGITAL ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS DESIGN - Course completely offered in English

CFU: 5
Corso di studi: Ing.V (2 liv.) - MI - INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA
Docente: Nicola Lusardi

Goals

The course aims to provide advanced operational skills in the implementation of processing digital architectures specifically in spatial configurable devices (i.e. FPGAs). By combining and extending the competences of digital electronics toward designs that involve high-speed and high-efficiency digital signals and processing architectures, students are prepared for the challenges awaiting them in the realization of the most modern digital electronic systems.

The course provides skills that can be directly spent on the FPGA digital systems market.

The course is fully hands-on. It is based on the use of a Personal Laptop computer and of an Evaluation Board ("Basys3 Artix-7 FPGA Trainer Board") whose availability for each student is mandatory for attending the course.

The exam is paper-free because it is just made with students laptop and EVM. What is consigned at the end of the written exam is only a pen drive containing the code of the design realized.

Course program

DIGITAL CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS FOR DSP AND FPGA-BASED PROCESSING


Docente: Angelo Geraci

Goals

Mission of the course is the interdisciplinary knowledge of fundamental topics of design of complex digital systems, in order to enable the development and deployment of electronic processors and boards employing DSP and FPGA devices.
Aim of the course is to provide students with: a) awareness of methodologies for hardware-oriented design of digital electronic architectures; b) knowledge of main criteria for realizing and dimensioning the correspondent digital circuits; c) interaction with common commercial CAD platforms for prototyping circuits.
In more detail, topics developed are:

• Distribution network design for signal and power in digital electronic systems at state-of-the-art.
• Decoupling and grounding in high-speed digital circuits with wide dynamic range and low noise.
• Physical layout requirements for high-speed digital circuits and consequent power and clock network layout rules.
• Mixed-signal systems design.
• Advanced architectures of  buses in terms both of design and testing methodologies.
• Configurable computing philosophy in temporal computing (DSP) and spatial computing (FPGA) devices.
• Role of memory in complex high-speed digital systems and management of memory resources.

SIGNAL INTEGRITY IN VERY HIGH SPEED DIGITAL CIRCUITS


Docente: Angelo Geraci

Goals

Mission of the course is the knowledge of fundamental topics of signal integrity in designing high-speed digital systems, in order to enable the development and deployment of electronic digital circuits.
In more detail, topics developed are:

• Distribution network design for signal and power in digital electronic systems at state-of-the-art.
• Decoupling and grounding in high-speed digital circuits with wide dynamic range and low noise.
• Physical layout requirements for high-speed digital circuits and consequent power and clock network layout rules.
• Mixed-signal systems design;
• Advanced architectures of buses in terms both of design and testing methodologies.

Goals