This course will give you hands-on FPGA design experience that uses all the concepts and skills you have developed up to now. You will need to purchase a DE10-Lite development kit. You will setup and test the MAX10 DE10-Lite board using the FPGA design tool Quartus Prime and the System Builder.
FPGA Capstone: Building FPGA Projects
FPGA Capstone: Building FPGA Projects
This course is part of FPGA Design for Embedded Systems Specialization
Instructor: Timothy Scherr
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Create a working FPGA design using Quartus Prime and run it on an evaluation board
Understand and practice all aspects of FPGA development, including conception, design, implementation, and debugging.
Create in the FPGA a working system on a chip design with Nios II soft processor, RAM and FLASH memory, and several peripherals.
Become familiar with the FGPA development flow, particularly in the case of a SoC with software development flow included.
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There are 4 modules in this course
In this module you will begin your hands-on exploration of FPGA design by setting up a target board, the DE10-Lite based on the MAX10 Intel Altera FPGA. In this module you will Setup and test the MAX10 board using the FPGA design tool Quartus Prime and the System Builder. Design and test a Binary Coded Decimal Adder Record all your observations in a lab notebook pdf. Submit your project files and lab notebook for grading. Completing this module will help prepare you for the work to be done in the modules that follow.
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5 videos4 readings1 assignment6 programming assignments1 peer review1 discussion prompt
The goal of this module is to develop a mixed-signal system. You will construct hardware that uses the Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) inputs and Pulse Width Modulate (PWM) outputs to make a voltage measuring instrument. In this module you will Create a working design, using most aspects of the Quartus Prime Design Flow. Design and test a PWM Circuit, with verification by simulation. Design and test an ADC circuit, using Quartus Prime built-in tools to verify your circuit design. Record all your observations in a lab notebook pdf. Submit your project files and lab notebook for grading. Completing this module will help prepare you for the work to be done in the modules that follow.
What's included
2 videos1 reading1 assignment2 programming assignments1 peer review
The goal of this module is to develop the hardware for a System on a Chip (SoC). You will construct hardware that creates a NIOS II soft processor along with several interfaces to devices on the DE10-Lite development kit. In this module you will Create a working design, using most aspects of the Quartus Prime Design Flow. Create hardware for the NIOS II soft processor, including many interfaces, using Qsys (Platform Builder). Instantiate this design into a top-level DE10-Lite HDL file. Compile your completed hardware using Quartus Prime. Record all your observations in a lab notebook. Submit your project files and lab notebook for grading. Completing this module will provide a platform for the work to be done in the module that follows.
What's included
2 videos1 reading1 assignment1 programming assignment1 peer review
The goal of this module is to develop the software for a System on a Chip (SoC). You will build software for a NIOS II soft processor you built in Module 3, using several interfaces to devices on the DE10-Lite development kit as well. In this module you will Enhance and test a working design, using most aspects of the Quartus Prime Design Flow and the NIOS II Software Build Tools (SBT) for Eclipse. Create software for the NIOS II soft processor, including many interfaces, using Qsys (Platform Builder) and the SBT. Compile your completed software using the SBT. Use Quartus Prime to program both the FPGA hardware configuration and software code in you DE10-Lite development kit. You will then test your new embedded system. Record all your observations in a lab notebook pdf. Submit your project files and lab notebook for grading. Completing this module will finish your work for this course.
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2 videos1 reading1 assignment1 programming assignment1 peer review
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This course is part of the following degree program(s) offered by University of Colorado Boulder. If you are admitted and enroll, your completed coursework may count toward your degree learning and your progress can transfer with you.¹
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DK
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Reviewed on May 28, 2021
Requires knowledge of FPGA design flow (make sure to take 3 courses before this one), great practical tasks that complete the whole specialization.
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Reviewed on Jul 24, 2022
Excellent integration of all the knowledge aquired in the previous courses.
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Reviewed on Jan 25, 2022
In general a good course structure and content. It lacks support on question and exercises.
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