System–on–a–programmable–chip development platforms in the classroom

Authors

Tyson S. Hall, Southern Adventist UniversityFollow
James O. Hamblen, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main CampusFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-2004

Abstract

This paper describes the authors’ experiences using a system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) approach to support the development of design projects for upper-level undergraduate students in their electrical and computer engineering curriculum. Commercial field-programmable gate-array (FPGA)-based SOPC development boards with reduced instruction set computer (RISC) processor cores are used to support a wide variety of student design projects. A top-down rapid prototyping approach with commercial FPGA computer-aided design tools, a C compiler targeted for the RISC soft-processor core, and a large FPGA with memory is used and reused to support a wide variety of student projects.

Recommended Citation

T. S. Hall and J. O. Hamblen, “System–on–a–programmable–chip development platforms in the classroom,”IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 502–507, Nov. 2004.