Editing ECE 2031

{{DISPLAYTITLE:ECE 2031 - Digital Design Laboratory}}
[[File:College of Computing Building, Georgia Tech.jpg|alt=A large brick building with pavilion.|thumb|The College of Computing Building, the location of the Digital Design Laboratory]]
'''ECE 2031''' is a 2 credit ECE laboratory class and is a requirement for both [[Electrical_Engineering |electrical engineering]] and [[Computer_Engineering |computer engineering]] majors.<ref name=":0">https://www.ece.gatech.edu/courses/course_outline/ECE2031</ref> ECE 2031 is effectively the laboratory class for [[ECE 2020]], and it introduces students to design and implementation methods for digital systems.

ECE 2031 is also a requirement for the [[Systems and Architecture|systems and architecture]] and [[devices]] threads in [[Computer Science|computer science]].<ref>https://www.cc.gatech.edu/content/systems-architecture</ref><ref>https://www.cc.gatech.edu/content/devices</ref>
== Topic List ==
* CAD Tools
* Logic Synthesis using an HDL
* HDL models of basic gates and logic operations
* Combinational design using multiple methods: primitive gates, schematic capture for FPGAs, and VHDL
* HDL based simulation and synthesis with FPGAs
* Examination of real timing issues on hardware using timing simulation, oscilloscope, and logic analyzer
* State machine specification, design, and simulation
* State machine implementation with multiple methods
* Design verification with logic analyzer
* HDL models of data storage elements
* ROM and RAM implementations on FPGA boards
* Hardware design of a simple computer with ALU, registers, control unit, memory, instructions, and I/O
* HDL-based simple computer simulation and implementation on FPGA board
* Machine language and assembly language programming for the simple computer
* Simulation and implementation of programs on the FPGA board
* Final design project problem specification (examples: video game, control application, robot, or contest)
* Hardware and tools available to solve the final design project problem
* Project engineering issues: top-down vs. bottom-up design, hierarchical decomposition, and modularity
This topic list is from spring 2019.<ref name=":0" />
== Workload ==
Labs are released weekly and must be checked off by undergraduate teaching assistants. Pre-lab quizzes are administered prior to lab check offs.

Emphasis is placed on developing technical communications skills; laboratory reports are graded to strict formatting and content standard. The semester concludes with a team project, requiring cooperation with a group of three to four other students.
== Registration ==
ECE 2031 is not a [[Linked Course|linked course]].

== Resources ==

* [https://powersof2.gatech.edu/ddl/index.html Course Website]: includes pre-lab and lab guides; lab checkoffs are done through this website.

==References==
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