System on Chip Introduction to Craig’s part Craig Duffy

Overview of lectures Using FPGA/CPLDs as programmable devices –How do they differ from ‘normal’ components –Example using DIO on Puppeteer – we will be using C under Linux Configuring and reconfiguring FPGA/CPLDs –Interaction with BIOS and OS –JTAG, ByteBlaster et al –Writing C initialisation code for U-Boot

Overview of lectures Other methods (than VHDL/Verilog) of programming FPGA/CPLDs –SystemC, Handle C - introduction and overview Reprogramming an FPGA as part of an existing system –Reverse engineering code –Installation and testing Review/revision lecture –At the end of the course

Equipment to be used We will look at the Puppeteer boards –SA1110 processor –Altera 6k FPGA Programming can be in –VHDL –SystemC Use BIOS to reprogram FPGA May use JTAG

Practical work Looking at programming FPGA from OS/BIOS level in C. Initialising FPGA on boot up –Approaches and code examples Reprogramming FPGAs –3 main areas DIO driver Serial control lines SMC Ethernet controller/interrupt controller

Assignment There will be one large piece of work which will be used for assessment, and that will be implementing and testing one of the components from the final practical. Deliverables –Research/design –Code –Demonstration of running code –Short write-up

Literature & sources Few books/articles in this area –even less under £70! We will use datasheets and manuals –Most are available on my kenny home page under PuppeteerDocs kenny.netlabs.cems.uwe.ac.uk/~cduffy