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Unit Overview

Description

The unit introduces the design principles, methodologies and technologies used to design, simulate, validate, and test modern digital systems. Topics covered include: design process abstractions; hardware description language (HDL); methodologies and tools for automated design synthesis; implementation technologies with an emphasis on FPGAs; digital system hardware architectures and programming; information paths, interfacing and communication protocols;

testing and testability.

Credit
6 points
Offering
(see Timetable)
AvailabilityLocationMode
Semester 2UWA (Perth)Face to face
Details for undergraduate courses
  • Level 2 core unit in the Automation and Robotics Engineering; Electrical and Electronic Engineering major sequences
Outcomes

Students are able to (1) apply design process abstractions to build digital systems, with a clear understanding of the limitations of such abstractions; (2) use a hardware description language to model digital hardware architectures; (3) model autonomous concurrent processes in a digital system; (4) use computer-aided tools and FPGAs to synthesize digital systems from VHDL; (5) explain how various digital system architectures and building blocks operate, are interfaced and communicate with each other; and (6) explain test and verification strategies.

Assessment

Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) tests; (2) laboratories; and (3) a final examination. Further information is available in the unit outline.



Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.

Unit Coordinator(s)
Professor Farid Boussaid
Unit rules
Prerequisites
ELEC1303 Digital Systems (ID 7984)
and Enrolment in
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or an associated Combined Degree
Incompatibility
ELEC4406 Digital System Design
Contact hours
Lectures 3 hours per week: Laboratories 16 hours per semester
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  • Visit the Essential Textbooks website to see if any textbooks are required for this Unit. The website is updated regularly so content may change. Students are recommended to purchase Essential Textbooks, but a limited number of copies of all Essential Textbooks are held in the Library in print, and as an ebook where possible. Recommended readings for the unit can be accessed in Unit Readings directly through the Learning Management System (LMS).
  • Contact hours provide an indication of the type and extent of in-class activities this unit may contain. The total amount of student work (including contact hours, assessment time, and self-study) will approximate 150 hours per 6 credit points.