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Contents 1 Lecture Schedule 1.1 Week 1: Course Introduction and Review 1.2 Week 2: Introduction to Tools 1.3 Week 3: Introduction to ISAs 1.4 Week 4: Introduction to the Microblaze CPU 1.5 Week 5: Microblaze ISA continued 1.6 Week 6: Conditional Instructions 1.7 Week 7: Protocol Stacks 1.8 Week 8: Introduction to Co-Processor Interfacing 1.9 Week 9: Co-Processor Interfacing Continued 1.10 Week 10: Introduction to Interrupts 1.11 Week 11: Interrupts Continued 1.12 Week 12: Introduction to Embedded OSes 1.13 Week 13: Embedded OSes Continued (Device Drivers) 1.14 Week 14: Exam and Break 1.15 Week 15: Embedded Applications 1.16 Week 16: Embedded Applications

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Lecture Schedule

Week 1: Course Introduction and Review

• Monday 8/20: Image:Introduction.pdf - Course Requirements and Embedded Systems Overview
• Wednesday 8/22: Reviews
  • Image:Review.pdf - Address Ranges, Memory Maps, Data Types
  • Image:Pointers.pdf - Review of Pointers

Week 2: Introduction to Tools

• Monday 8/27: Image:Edk baseSystemBuilder.pdf - Step-by-step instructions on how to build a system using EDK/XPS.
  • Introduction to Xilinx toolset.
  • Basic system design within EDK.
  • Introduction to SW development.
• Wednesday8/29: You will show how to create and run the hello world program in lab

Week 3: Introduction to ISAs

• Monday 9/3: Labor Day Holiday
• Wednesday 9/5: Image:Gpbio.pdf - An introduction to the General Purpose I/O Core Used in Lab
  • Image:Opb gpio.pdf - Xilinx OPB General Purpose I/O Core Document

Week 4: Introduction to the Microblaze CPU

• Both lectures this week will work from the MicroBlaze Processor Reference Guide
• Monday 9/10: MicroBlaze Processor Reference Guide (ISA Documentation, etc.)
  • RTL description of Microblaze; GP Registers, MSR, PC, ALU, Shifter. Instruction encodings TypeA and TypeB
• Wednesday 9/12: Arithmetic Instructions. Encoding instructions into TypeA and TypeB. Imm instruction

Week 5: Microblaze ISA continued

• Monday 9/17: data layout in Memory, data movement instructions, word,half-word,byte alignment
• Wednesday 9/19: Generaal bus signals for data transfer, AS, READY, Data, Address

Week 6: Conditional Instructions

• Monday 9/24: Flowcharts pseudo code, conditional and unconditional branch instructions
• Wednesday 9/26: assembler coding examples

Week 7: Protocol Stacks

• Monday 10/1: General Stack operations, stack frames, linking
• Wednesday 10/3: Examples

Week 8: Introduction to Co-Processor Interfacing

• Monday 10/8: Interface Registers
• Wednesday 10/10:

Week 9: Co-Processor Interfacing Continued

• Monday 10/15: Address Maps and Decoding
• Wednesday 10/17:

Week 10: Introduction to Interrupts

• Monday 10/22:
• Wednesday 10/24:

Week 11: Interrupts Continued

• Monday 10/29:
• Wednesday 10/31:

Week 12: Introduction to Embedded OSes

• Monday 11/ 5:
• Wednesday 11/7:

Week 13: Embedded OSes Continued (Device Drivers)

• Monday 11/12:
• Wednesday 11/14:

Week 14: Exam and Break

• Monday 11/19:
• Wednesday 11/21: Thanksgiving Break

Week 15: Embedded Applications

• Monday 11/26:
• Wednesday 11/28:

Week 16: Embedded Applications

• Monday 12/3:
• Wednesday 12/5: