A computer architecture laboratory course using programmable logic

Author

Brown, Geoffrey M. ; Vrana, Norman

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA

Volume

38

Issue

2

fYear

1995

fDate

5/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

118

Lastpage

125

Abstract

This paper describes the software and hardware developed for the laboratory component of a junior/senior level computer architecture course. The principal feature of this course is that students are required to design and build their own computers using programmable logic devices (PLDs). The students use a simple register transfer language (CURTL) with a simulator and commercial PLD tools for their design activity. A graphical PC based debugging tool provides the I/O and main memory for the student built computers

Keywords

computer architecture; computer debugging; computer science education; educational courses; laboratories; programmable logic devices; student experiments; CURTL; computer architecture laboratory course; graphical PC based debugging tool; junior level computer architecture course; programmable logic; programmable logic devices; senior level computer architecture course; simple register transfer language; simulator; student built computers; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Computer simulation; Debugging; Design methodology; Hardware; Laboratories; Programmable logic arrays; Programmable logic devices; Registers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/13.387212

Filename

387212