1. solid understanding of the role of FPGA systems in design and development. 2. FPGA and Verilog/VHDL programming is fundamentals of VLSI design 3.VLSI design is emerging job opportunity area in the IT industry

Topics Covered

I. Xilinx Tool Overview a. Introduction b. ISE Tools c. Reading reports d. Performance goals e. Summary f. Lab-Exercises II. Bit file generation a. Introduction b. Translate properties c. Map Properties d. Place and route properties e. Lab-Exercises III. Synchronous system design a. Introduction b. Clock signal c. Clock buffer d. Flip- Flop Implementation e. Summary f. Lab-Exercises IV. Spartan-3 Architecture a. Introduction b. IOB c. Multiplier blocks d. Global clock resources e. Buffers V. Spartan – 3E demo board - VHDL a. Introductory project b. Sequence detector c. Counter design d. LCD display project e. Counter with LCD f. Implementing cores g. RS-232 and I2C core Implementation h. ADC and DAC project

Who should attend

1. Engineering Student 2. Hardware professional

Pre-requisites

NIL

What you need to bring

NIL

Key Takeaways

1. Fundamentals of FPGA architecture 2. Fundamentals of Verilog or VHDL programming 3. Fundamentals of VLSI design 4. Knowledge will help you for final projects 5. Knowledge will help you to get a job in VLSI industry 6. Providing job assistance. (resume building, interview questions/preparation, contacts)