Advanced System-on-Chip Design Online Course

Course Aim

To develop Arm Cortex-A based SoCs, from creating high level functional specifications to design, implementation and testing on FPGA platforms using standard hardware description and software programming languages

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and understanding of

• Arm Cortex-A processor architectures and Arm Cortex-A based SoCs
• Capture the design of Arm Cortex-A based SoCs in a standard hardware description language
• Low-level software design for Arm Cortex-A based SoCs and high-level application development

Intellectual

• Ability to use and choose between different techniques for digital system design and capture
• Ability to evaluate implementation results (e.g. speed, area, power) and correlate them with the corresponding high level design and capture

Practical

• Ability to use commercial tools to develop Arm Cortex-A based SoCs

Prerequisites

• Basics of hardware description language (Verilog or VHDL)
• Separate purchase of hardware and/or software tools, in order to replicate the course labs

Syllabus

1. Introduction to Arm-based System on Chip Design
2. Arm and Arm Processors
3. Arm Development Studio
4. Armv7-A/R ISA Overview
5. Arm Cortex-A9 Processor
6. AMBA AXI4 Bus Architecture
7. AXI4-Lite GPIO Peripheral and DDR Memory Controller
8. AXI UART and AXI4-Stream Peripherals
9. AXI4-Stream with VGA Output Peripheral
10. AXI4-Stream with HDMI Input Peripheral
11. Final Application: Image Processing

The above syllabus is indicative. It might change from time to time.

Access

We have a range of subscription options, from 90, 180 and 360 days, along with lifetime access. Pricing options and the button to purchase access are below.

90 days: USD 16.00
180 days: USD 27.00
360 days: USD 49.00
Lifetime access: USD 93.00

Purchase

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