13E034PKH - Communication Hardware Programming

Course specification
Course title		Communication Hardware Programming
Acronym		13E034PKH
Study programme		Electrical Engineering and Computing
Module		Information and Communication Technologies - Audio and Video Technologies, Information and Communication Technologies - Internet and Mobile Communications, Information and Communication Technologies - Microwave Technology, System Engineering and Radio Communications, Telecommunications and Information Technologies - Audio and Video Technologies, Telecommunications and Information Technologies - Information and Communication Technologies, Telecommunications and Information Technologies - Microwave Technology, Telecommunications and Information Technologies - System Engineering
Type of study		bachelor academic studies,master academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)		professor PhD Zoran Čiča professor PhD Aleksandra Smiljanić
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)		professor PhD Zoran Čiča Aleksa Stoimenov, electrical and computer engineer
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)		professor PhD Zoran Čiča Aleksa Stoimenov, electrical and computer engineer
ESPB		6.0	Status	elective
Condition		None
The goal		Goal of this course is to introduce methods for implementation of the communication functionalities on programmable chips. Students will learn HDL (VHDL, Verilog) programming, and software design suits for programming the FPGA chips.
The outcome		After finishing the course, students will be able to implement hardware design on FPGA chips.
Contents
Contents of lectures		FPGA chips have wide applicability in communication networks, and other areas. They provide flexibility and high-processing speeds which are suitable for implementation of link and networking layers. In this course, we will study HDL programming languages (VHDL, Verilog), and software tools for programming FPGA devices of the leading vendors.
Contents of exercises		Specified communication functionalities will be implemented on programmable chips, during precepts.
Literature
Z. Čiča: Communication Hardware Programming, Akademska misao, 2017 V. A. Pedroni, Circuit Design with VHDL, The MIT Press, 2004. D.L.Perry: VHDL Programming by Example, McGraw-Hill, 2002. S. Palnitkar: Verilog HDL – A Guide to Digital Design and Synthesis, Prentice Hall, 2003.
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
3	1	1
Methods of teaching		During precepts, two or three students in team are working on a project. Each team submits a report, which is defended individually by the students on the team.
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		30	Test paper	0
Practical lessons		40	Oral examination	30
Projects		0
Colloquia		0
Seminars		0