Neveen Shlayan

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering

Fall 2019 > Hardware Design-ECE 311

Fall 2019

Course Information: 

Monday, 11:00 AM - 12:50 PM, Room LL210/MicroLab

Tuesday, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM, Room LL210/MicroLab 

Office Hours: Tuesday 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM, or by appointment. 

Course Description:

Development methodologies for signal processing hardware systems: RTL, HDL, synthesis and verification. Special processors including FPGA, multicore, ARM and GPU. ADC and DAC, interchip and intrachip communication, mixed-signal systems, clock and power distribution, loading, sensors and actuators, embedded systems. PCB and surface mount devices. Systems engineering. Course work including projects involving hardware realizations, simulation and emulation, and software tools for system design.

Prerequisite(s): ECE 211, ECE 241, ECE 251 Credit Hours: 3 

Text (required): Digital Design and Computer Architecture, 2nd, Harris.

Grade Distribution: 

Labs                            25%

Midterm Project           25% 

Final Projects              50%