1. The Role of Version Control System in Course Organization Ivan Milentijevic, Vladimir Ciric Faculty of Electronic Engineering University of Nis Serbia and Montenegro

2. TEMPUS project SCM-C015A05-SCG, Seminar on ECTS Implementation, Thursday, March 23rd, 2006. Outline Version Control Systems Course on Algorithms and architectures for dedicated computer systems Course organization The role of version control systems in course organization and evaluation of students work Course site and usage of Version Control System Project examples Concluding remarks

3. TEMPUS project SCM-C015A05-SCG, Seminar on ECTS Implementation, Thursday, March 23rd, 2006. Version Control Systems Version Control Systems are systems for providing source control to hierarchical collections of source directories (repositories). It is important to note that Version Control Systems are not a build system but rather a way to control disparate versions of code as it is developed over time.build

4. TEMPUS project SCM-C015A05-SCG, Seminar on ECTS Implementation, Thursday, March 23rd, 2006. CVS Version control systems are also called a CVS CVS is a short term for Concurrent Versions System, network-transparent program that allows developers to keep track of different development versions of source code.programdevelopersdevelopment source code CVS does not maintain multiple versions of source code files but keeps a single copy and records of all of the changes that are made. When a developer wants a particular development version of a file, CVS will reconstruct that version based on its records.source codedeveloper

5. TEMPUS project SCM-C015A05-SCG, Seminar on ECTS Implementation, Thursday, March 23rd, 2006. Topology of Version Control System

6. TEMPUS project SCM-C015A05-SCG, Seminar on ECTS Implementation, Thursday, March 23rd, 2006. Popularity of CV Systems CVS systems are widely used in both software and hardware development companies. Now days it is hard to imagine company that develops hardware or software not to use some kind of Version Control System.

7. TEMPUS project SCM-C015A05-SCG, Seminar on ECTS Implementation, Thursday, March 23rd, 2006. Algorithms and architectures for dedicated computer systems - course prerequisites - Main topics: Mapping Algorithm onto the Architecture Hardware synthesis Hardware description Special purpose data paths DSP applications Outcomes (be familiar with): Hardware synthesis ASIC, ASIP, FPGA Simulation, testing and verification Semester IX: 2+2+1

8. TEMPUS project SCM-C015A05-SCG, Seminar on ECTS Implementation, Thursday, March 23rd, 2006. Course organization Lectures (2 classes per week) Hardware synthesis Hardware description Special purpose data paths DSP applications Oral exercises (2 classes per week) VHDL – Hardware Description Language Syntax Description of special purpose data paths Description of DSP applications Description of control units and interfaces Labs (1 class per week) Aldec Active-HDL and Xilinx development environment VHDL description, simulation, synthesis and implementation Data paths Memory modules Controllers and interfaces

9. TEMPUS project SCM-C015A05-SCG, Seminar on ECTS Implementation, Thursday, March 23rd, 2006. Students projects Outcome of course is to teach students to do description, testing and verification, synthesis and implementation of dedicated architectures, data paths, controllers and interfaces in Aldecs and Xilinxs development environments. Students knowledge is evaluated through projects. Typically average student spend a month or month and a half working in project. Projects are devoted to special purpose data paths, dedicated coprocessors and DSP applications.

10. TEMPUS project SCM-C015A05-SCG, Seminar on ECTS Implementation, Thursday, March 23rd, 2006. The Role of Version Control System in Course Organization

11. TEMPUS project SCM-C015A05-SCG, Seminar on ECTS Implementation, Thursday, March 23rd, 2006. Version Control System Comparison Repository Operations Atomic Commits Files and Directories Moves or Renames File and Directories Copies Remote Repository Replication Propagating Changes to Parent Repositories Repository Permissions Changesets' Support Tracking Line-wise File History Features Ability to Work only on One Directory of the Repository Tracking Uncommited Changes Per-File Commit Messages Technical Status Documentation Ease of Deployment Command Set Networking Support Portability User Interfaces Web Interface Availability of Graphical User-Interfaces. License BerliOS The Open Source Mediator http://better-scm.berlios.de/comparison/comparison.html

12. TEMPUS project SCM-C015A05-SCG, Seminar on ECTS Implementation, Thursday, March 23rd, 2006. CVS NAME Repository operations FeaturesDoc. User interfaces License CVS6796OS Aegis7668OS Arch8668OS BitKeeper7878Yes ClearCase7968Yes CMSynergy9989Yes Co-Op8676Yes Darcs9676OS Monotone6766OS OpenCM6677OS Perforce7567Yes PureCM6668Yes Subversion8887Os Svk8767Yes Vesta9868Os Visual SourceSafe 91079MSDN Off-LAN access Open source Well documented Web interface Linux based Permissions Stable

13. TEMPUS project SCM-C015A05-SCG, Seminar on ECTS Implementation, Thursday, March 23rd, 2006. Course site (http://L3.elfak.ni.ac.yu/algarh) Course material News and information Tutorials (VHDL, CVS, etc.) Project topics CVS Web access

14. TEMPUS project SCM-C015A05-SCG, Seminar on ECTS Implementation, Thursday, March 23rd, 2006.

15. Project examples TOPICS Computer arithmetic Dedicated microprocessors and coprocessors Digital signal processing Digital image processing Video coding algorithms Interfaces OUTCOMES VHLD Source (Public available on CVS server) Written documentation (Public available on CVS server) Circuit, i.e. IP Core, datasheet (Public available on CVS server)

16. TEMPUS project SCM-C015A05-SCG, Seminar on ECTS Implementation, Thursday, March 23rd, 2006.

17. Concluding remarks CVS as support makes communication between teaching staff and students much more easier and more frequent and brings better results. Using CVS as course support students are prepared to be a part of a team! They found it as interesting and useful experience

18. TEMPUS project SCM-C015A05-SCG, Seminar on ECTS Implementation, Thursday, March 23rd, 2006. http://L3.elfak.ni.ac.yu/algarh