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ANI-EHW Embedded Hardware Extent of teaching: 2P+2C

Instructor: Schmidt J. Completion: Z,ZK

Department: 18103 Credits: 5 Semester: L

Annotation:
Předmět poskytuje znalost základních technik a zákonitostí, které řídí konstrukci číslicových zařízení jak malého, tak velkého měřítka. Jsou základem konstrukce pokročilých vestavných systémů, které využívají specializaci své funkce ke konstrukci efektivní hardwarové realizace či podpory výpočtu. Probírají se techniky konstrukce rychlých systémů, jejich standardní vnitřní komunikace, využití přirozeného paralelismu výpočtu ve specializovaných strukturách a systémových architekturách.

Lecture syllabus:

1. Hardware as an implementation platform. Terminology, domains, abstraction levels.

2. Throughput and time in digital systems. Clock domains. System radius

3. System Level and Register Transfer Level specifications. Model-based engineering, system-level models.

4. Parallel computation in dedicated hardware, computation scaling, optimality criteria.

5. Communications in small-radius systems. Transaction protocols.

6. Switching networks. Optimum communication design.

7. Power estimation, power reduction.

8. Communication in large-radius systems. Industrial interfaces. Advanced serial communication.

9. Communication in large-radius systems. Networks on a chip.

10. FPGA technology overview, resources, programming, application.

11. Timing and power management at system level.

12. Processors and FPGAs, cores, SoC

13. FPGA: input and output, signalling standards, serialization

Seminar syllabus:
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Literature:

1. Gu, C.: Building Embedded Systems: Programmable Hardware. Apress, 2016. ISBN 9781484219188.

2. Barkalov, A. - Titarenko, L. - Mazurkiewicz, M.: Foundations of Embedded Systems. Springer, 2019. ISBN 3030119602.

3. Mohit, A.: Embedded System Design: Introduction to SoC System Architecture. Learning Bytes Publishing, 2016. ISBN 0997297204.

Requirements:

Výukové materiály na https://courses.fit.cvut.cz/NI-EHW/

The course is also part of the following Study plans:

Study Plan Study Branch Role Recommended semester

QNI Unspecified Specialisation of Study V 2

ANI-WI Web Engineering VO 2

ANI-SI Software Engineering (in Czech) VO 2

NI-PB.2026 Computer Security V 2

NI-SPOL.2026 Unspecified Specialisation of Study V 2

NI-UI.2026 Artificial Intelligence V 2

NI-PJ.2026 Programming Languages V 2

NI-TI.2026 Computer Science V 2

NI-PSS.2026 Computer Systems and Networks V 2

ANI-MI Business Informatics VO 2

ANI-VG Visual computing and Game design VO 2

ANI-SPOL Unspecified Specialisation of Study VO 2

ANI-ES Embedded systems PS 2

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ANI-EHW	Embedded Hardware			Extent of teaching:	2P+2C
Instructor:	Schmidt J.			Completion:	Z,ZK
Department:	18103	Credits:	5	Semester:	L

1.		Hardware as an implementation platform. Terminology, domains, abstraction levels.
2.		Throughput and time in digital systems. Clock domains. System radius
3.		System Level and Register Transfer Level specifications. Model-based engineering, system-level models.
4.		Parallel computation in dedicated hardware, computation scaling, optimality criteria.
5.		Communications in small-radius systems. Transaction protocols.
6.		Switching networks. Optimum communication design.
7.		Power estimation, power reduction.
8.		Communication in large-radius systems. Industrial interfaces. Advanced serial communication.
9.		Communication in large-radius systems. Networks on a chip.
10.		FPGA technology overview, resources, programming, application.
11.		Timing and power management at system level.
12.		Processors and FPGAs, cores, SoC
13.		FPGA: input and output, signalling standards, serialization

1.		Gu, C.: Building Embedded Systems: Programmable Hardware. Apress, 2016. ISBN 9781484219188.
2.		Barkalov, A. - Titarenko, L. - Mazurkiewicz, M.: Foundations of Embedded Systems. Springer, 2019. ISBN 3030119602.
3.		Mohit, A.: Embedded System Design: Introduction to SoC System Architecture. Learning Bytes Publishing, 2016. ISBN 0997297204.