B003733 - LABORATORY OF DIGITAL ELECTRONICS

Italian, with slides in English

The course introduces the fabrication technologies and the function of the main digital devices which compose the modern electronic systems. Particular emphasis is devoted to embedded circuits with microcontrollers and field programmable gate arrays (FPGA).

The student will learn the theory of:
- main devices and circuits for digital electronics
- Techniques for integrated circuits fabrication
- VHDL language
- Programmable devices and embedded circuits (microcontrollers and FPGAs)
The student will lern to:
- Design a combinatorial and/or sequential logic circuit
- Program a microcontroller and/or a FPGA

The student can participate to the oral tests during the year, or to the written test that at the end of the course
The student is requested to answer questions about:
- main devices and circuits for digital electronics
- Techniques for integrated circuits fabrication
- VHDL language
- Programmable devices and embedded circuits (microcontrollers and FPGAs)
The student is requested to:
- Design a combinatorial and/or sequential logic circuit
- Program a microcontroller and/or a FPGA

Main topics include: planar CMOS and bipolar transistor technology, integrated capacitor and resistor. EEPROM and FLASH memory, static and dynamic RAM, DUAL PORT, FIFO, latest technologies like memory cube, memristor, etc. Microcontrollers and peripherals, interrupts and programming methods. Logic circuits basics, PLD,PAL, CPLD, FPGA. VHDL language.