ELETTRONICA DEI SISTEMI DIGITALI

CORSO DI STUDIO IN INGEGNERIA

ELETTRONICA
Prof. MAURIZIO ZAMBONI
DIPARTIMENTO DI ELETTRONICA E TLC
Tel : 011 090 4079
E-mail : maurizio.zamboni@polito.it

ANNO ACCADEMICO 2019/2020

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ORARIO II p.d.
LEZIONI
Martedi’ 16:00 – 19:00
Giovedi’ 11:30-13:00
Venerdi’ 8:30 – 11:30

LABORATORIO
(LED5 - 2^ piano scavalco SUD)
Lunedi’ 8:30 – 10:00 (10:00-11:30) (sq. A)
Lunedi’ 11:30-13:00 (13:00-14:30) (sq. B)
Mercoledi’ 8:30 – 10:00 (10:00-11:30) (sq. C)
Mercoledi’ 11:30 – 13:00 (13:00-14:30) (sq. D)

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SQUADRE DI LABORATORIO
SQUADRA A : Lunedi’ alle 8:30 ! (FIS + ELN)
SQUADRA B : Lunedi’ alle 11:30 ! (ELN + Eln Meas)
SQUADRA C: Mercoledi’ alle 8:30 ! (ELN + Tirocinio + LM)
SQUADRA D: Mercoledi’ alle 11:30 ! (ELN con Eln Meas)
La tabella con l’allocazione studente/squadra e’ disponibile sul Portale
DOVETE PRENOTARVI SUL SITO DEL LED PER I LABORATORI
(NON APPENA POSSIBILE DATO CHE SI PARTE DALLA
SETTIMANA PROSSIMA !!!!!!!)
Docenti di laboratorio:
Prof. Maurizio Martina maurizio.martina@polito.it 011 090 4205
Ph.D. Giovanna Turvani giovanna.turvani@polito.it 011 090 4241
Ing. Yuri Ardesi yuri.ardesi@polito.it
Ing. Gianni Cirillo giovanni_cirillo@polito.it
Ing. Andrea Coluccio, Ing. Umberto Garlando
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Textbooks about Digital Design

• Fundamentals of Digital Logic with VHDL
Design, 3rd edition, by Stephen Brown and
Zvonko Vranesic, McGraw Hill, 2008. (lectures,
exercises and Lab sessions are based on this
book)
• Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals, 4th
edition, by M. Morris Mano and C.R.
Kime,Prentice Hall, 2008 (additional textbook,
with a lot of exercises and theoretical aspects)
• The Designer’s guide to VHDL, by P.J.Ashenden,
J. Lewes, 3rd ed (a very good VHDL book with
exercices and tricks: up to date)
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Additional Material (available on

the “Portale della didattica”)
• All the slides are available on the “Portale della Didattica” in the
“Elettronica dei Sistemi Digitali” course pages:
• Slides divided in 4 categories:
➡ LECTURES (Starting with Lx_something)
– Shown and commented during lectures
– Hidden during lectures but available in pdf (not numbered but
marked “X” - not too much relevant)
– Marked as HOMEWORK during lessons: not explained BUT
REQUIRED TO BE STUDIED (sometimes they have a reference
on text books to help You)
➡ COMPLEMENTARY LECTURES (Starting with LCx_something)
- Not considered for time reasons but FUNDAMENTAL for good
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Additional Material (available on

the “Portale della didattica”)

• VHDL COOKBOOK (A very concise VHDL

guide for Beginners)
• Tutorials for the ALTERA DE2 board use and
programming
• Tutorials for QUARTUS II tool (FPGA
development / simulation / synthesis)
• A set of examples and solved problems

• A FORUM is available for Q&A!!!

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Labs on Digital Design

• Lab sessions will be held at the LED laboratory
• DE2 evaluation boards, kindly donated by ALTERA
( thank You!!!!! J ), will be used to test the digital
circuits we will design, using VHDL language
• Lab sessions attendance is a must: Lab grade will be
part of final grade!!!!!
• To obtain good results, you must work at home to
prepare the lab designs in advance before the lab
sessions.
• A written report on each lab session work is required,
including the description of the problem, the proposed
solution and the VHDL coding.

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Labs on Digital Design

• Altera QUARTUS II development tools are available
free of charge for students on the ALTERA web site
( http://www.altera.com/education/univ ) .
• You can download them directly or copy them from
the web site of the course (We set the links You have
to use to download the correct versions!!!) .
• I suggest you to download both Quartus II – Web
Edition Software and MODELSIM-ALTERA Edition
• On the “Portale” you may find a file with the
information on how….
• You may be requested to register to the Altera web
site to obtain temporary licences.

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Labs procedure
• Each week a Lab session is presented;
• Except for the first week, when a tutorial on the tools will be used
to practice with the development programs, from the second
week on the procedure is:
– Each week Lab exercises will be available on the web together with
additional material.
– Students must do their exercises (VHDL coding and report writing) in
advance so that the following week they will test and evaluate the circuits
on the DE2 evaluation board.
– Within the end of each Lab session, the circuits must work properly and
their correctness must be certified by the Lab assistants.
– The report of the homework of each Lab session is due within the end of
each lab session.
– Of course it is forbidden to copy the VHDL code / report (I found a very
good tool anti plagiarism!!!!!). In any case you will be tested on VHDL
coding during the exam…therefore……
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Textbooks about uC Systems

• Slides from “Portale della Didattica” in the course pages

• “Mastering STM32”, Carmine Noviello, 2017, available

for selling at http://leanpub.com/mastering-stm32

• “Microcontrollers”, Franco Zappa, Esculapio

• Reference manuals of STM32 uC that will be available

together with NUCLEO/Tool Chain materials on the
“Portale della Didattica”

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Complementary Textbooks about uC
Systems (with different uCs)

• Embedded software Lecture notes (from “Portale della

Didattica”)

• W. Valvano, “Introduction to Embedded Systems - Real

Time interfacing” - CENGAGE learning (very good text to
be considered as a reference text in the
Microcontrollers world!!!)

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Labs on uC Systems

ANALOG DISCOVERY BOARDS

• Lab sessions will be held at the LED laboratory
• NUCLEO STM32F401 evaluation boards, kindly

AVAILABLE AT LED!!!!
donated by ST ( thank You!!!!! J ), will be used to
develop and design microcontroller systems.
• If You want, the board can be bought online at low
price.
• Lab sessions attendance is a must: Lab grade will be
part of final grade!!!!!
• To obtain good results, you must work at home to
prepare the lab designs in advance before the lab
sessions.
• A written report on each lab session work is required,
including the description of the problem, the
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 STM32F401RE Nucleo Board

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Labs procedure
• Each week a Lab session is presented;
• Except for the first week, when a class tutorial on the tools
will be held, from the second week on the procedure is:
– Each week Lab exercises will be available on the web together
with additional material.
– Students must do their exercises (uC ASM/C coding and report
writing) in advance so that the following week they will test and
evaluate the circuits on the NUCLEO evaluation board.
– Within the end of each Lab session, the circuits must work properly
and their correctness must be certified by the Lab assistants.
– The report of the homework of each Lab session is due within the
end of each lab session.
– Of course it is forbidden to copy the ASM/C code / report (I found a
very good tool anti plagiarism!!!!!). In any case you will be tested on
ASM/C coding during the exam…therefore……

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Exams
• Written exam (4 hours long) about:
– Digital Design part on Lectures, Exercises and VHDL coding
– uC Systems part on Lectures, Exercises and uC ASM/C coding
• A final grade is made for the two parts (written grade >= 18 to proceed)
• An oral exam will take place to further ascertain VHDL/ uC practice/
theory knowledge by means of exercises/theory questions.
• Lab. sessions will be considered for the final Grade!!!!!
• The final grade will be calculated as follows:
a.a 18-19

Final_Grade = Oral_coefficient x (0.95 x Written_grade +

0.25 x Lab_grade – 4)

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Exams
• Written exam (4 hours long) about:
– Digital Design part on Lectures, Exercises and VHDL coding
– uC Systems part on Lectures, Exercises and uC ASM/C coding
• A final grade is made for the two parts (written grade >= 18 to proceed)
• An oral exam will take place to further ascertain VHDL/ uC practice/
theory knowledge by means of exercises/theory questions.
• Lab. sessions will be considered for the final Grade!!!!!
• The final grade will be calculated as follows:
a.a 19-20

Final_Grade = Oral_coefficient x (0.95 x Written_grade +

0.25 x Lab_grade – 4) x (CPD_fill_factor - 0.75)

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