Computer Architecture Tutorial Using an FPGA: ARM & Verilog Introductions

Dunne, Robert

ISBN 10: 0970112475 / ISBN 13: 9780970112477

Verlag: Gaul Communications, 2020

PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 404. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 18387675305

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Learn computer architecture and get practical "hands on" experience using an FPGA while studying at home. A working model of a 32-bit ARM processor is gradually built from basic principles of computer architecture. Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) provide flexible digital electronics platforms that can be organized as a CPU, a neural net, or almost any other digital circuit. They are the digital equivalent of shape-shifters in science fiction.

The FPGA is first introduced graphically through operational models of individual logic gates and structures like buses and decoders. Next, the Verilog coding begins with simple circuit examples and culminates with a CPU that runs ARM machine code. Programs can even be entered in symbolic assembly language which is compiled into 100% ARM machine code by macros, tasks, and functions written in the Verilog language. This CPU imitation can be run at full speed, stepped through with breakpoints, or paused within the fetch, decode, and execute cycle.

Over 150 illustrations accompany detailed descriptions for setting up the FPGA and walking through each of the nearly 100 Verilog examples. All source code examples can be downloaded from GitHub and use the Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime software along with a Terasic DE10-Lite FPGA development board. The DE10-Lite is available for purchase for less than $180 at many Internet sites, and the Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Lite Edition is available as a free download from Intel. Other FPGA boards and other Verilog software can be used, but slight modifications to the examples may be necessary.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Robert Dunne has over 40 years of computer experience ranging from developing custom hardware interfaces for supercomputers to teaching technology courses in middle-school gifted-education programs. Starting out with degrees in physics and computer science, he was on staff at a national laboratory and a major engineering firm for ten years before becoming an entrepreneur in the development of embedded systems. During the past 20 years, he has been teaching three undergraduate courses per year in embedded systems, digital design, and computer programming using a variety of CPUs and FPGAs.

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Titel: Computer Architecture Tutorial Using an FPGA...
Verlag: Gaul Communications
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: New