CPRE 583: Reconfigurable Computing (Fall 2011)

Lectures

Syllabus (Word) (pdf)
Lecture 1: Course Overview (ppt)
Lecture 2: VHDL Overview 1 (ppt)
Lecture 3: Reconfigurable Computing Hardware Components (ppt)
Lecture 4: VHDL Overview 2 (ppt)
Lecture 5: VHDL to FPGA: A Tool Flow Overview (ppt)
Lecture 6: VHDL Overview 3 (ppt)
Lecture 7: VHDL Overview 4 (ppt)
Lecture 8: A Brief History of Reconfigurable Computing and Applications (ppt)
Lecture 9: Reconfigurable Computing Architectures (ppt)
Lecture 10: Reconfiguration Management (ppt)
Lecture 11: MP2 Detailed Overview (ppt)
Lecture 12: FPGA Feature and Convey Computer HC-1 (ppt)
Lecture 13: Exam 1 review (ppt)
Lecture 14: Floating Point (ppt)
Lecture 15: XPS/MP3 overview + Midterm Overview
Lecture 16: Project Introductions
Lecture 17: MidTerm Overview (In class portion)
Lecture 18: CoreGen overview
Lecture 19: Design Patterns
Lecture 20: Compute Models
Lecture 21: Compute Architectures
Lecture 22: Streaming Applications
Lecture 23: High-Level Hardware Acceleration Approaches
Lecture 24: Evolvable Hardware
Lecture 25: Midterm 2 Overview
Lecture 26: Thermal Management and Reconfiguragble Hardware(Dr. Jones' PhD work)

Readings list

Readings (Word) (pdf)
New Species of Hardware (rescanned): New Species of Hardware

Homeworks

Homework 1 (relased): HW1_rev1 (doc) HW1_rev1 (pdf) HW1.zip (ise projects) HW1.tar.gz (ise projects) Tools Overview (ppt)
Homework 2 : Mini Literature Surveys
Homework 3 (Released): HW3 (doc) HW3 (pdf) VHDL_to_FPGA.zip (ise project) VHDL_to_FPGA.tar.gz (ise project) PowerPoint implemented FPGA (ppt)

Machine Problmes (MPs)

MP1 (released): MP1 (Word) MP1 (pdf) MP1.zip (zip) MP1.tar.gz (.tar.gz) Xilinx_12_4_src.txt (file for setting up environment)
MP2 (String Matching at 1 Gigabit): MP2 assignment (Word) MP2 assignment (pdf) MP2 project files (zip) MP2 project files (.tar.gz)
Gigabit ethernet mac core "Getting Started Guide" (for the curious)
MP3 (PowerPC Coprocessor Image Processing Offload): MP3 assignment (Word) MP3 assignment (pdf) MP3 project files (zip) MP3 project files (.tar.gz)

Final Projects

Delta-Sigma Modulation Digital to Analog Converter: Presetnation (.pptx) Report (.pdf)
Ring Oscillator-based Physical Unclonable Function (PUF): Presetnation (.pptx) Report (.pdf)
Reconfigurable Processor for a Simultaneous Localization and Mapping(SLAM) System: Presetnation (.pptx) Report (.pdf)
A radix-8/4/2 FFT processor for OFDM systems: Presetnation (.pptx) Report (.pdf)
FPGA-based Hardware Emulation of Image Morphing: Presetnation (.ppt) Report (.pdf)
Configurable Ethernet Frame Generator: Presetnation (.pptx) Report (.pdf)

Mini Literature Surveys

Robotic Mapping: Presetnation (.pptx) Report (.pdf)
Face Recognition Intrusion Detection Systems: Presetnation (.pptx) Report (.pdf)
Object Detection: Presetnation (.pptx) Report (.pdf)
FPGA Security 1: Presetnation (.pptx) Report (.pdf)
FPGA Security 2: Presetnation (.pptx) Report (.pdf)
Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) 1 : Presetnation (.ppt) Report (.pdf)
Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) 2 : Presetnation (.pptx) Report (.pdf)
Real-time Crop Recognition : Presetnation (.pptx) Report (.pdf)
Soft Error Susceptibility in SRAM-Based FPGAs: Presetnation (.pptx) Report (.pdf)
FPGA Placement and Routing Algorithms : Presetnation (.pptx) Report (.pdf)
True Random Number Generation: Presetnation (.pptx) Report (.pdf)
Software Defined Radio : Presetnation (.pptx) Report (.pdf)
Video Processing: Presetnation (.pptx) Report (.pdf)

Reference Material

VHDL

The Shock and Awe VHDL Tutorial (pdf) [Highly recommend if you are new to VHDL]
VHDL Review (version 1)
Common VHDL mistakes (verision 1)(pdf)
Common VHDL mistakes (a work in progress)(ppt)

Xilinx Tools

Previous Years

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