Siberian Federal University

The Master's Program "Microprocessor systems" is offered by the School of Space and Information Technologies of the Siberian Federal University. The Program provides training in developing embedded intelligent control systems based on modern microprocessors, microcontrollers and programmable integrated circuits (FPGA, PLD, SoC). In the course of training, students receive skills that enable graduates to perform a full cycle of developing intelligent embedded systems at a high professional level.

The aim

The Master's Program "Microprocessor systems"is aimed at teaching students how to design embedded systems based on modern microprocessors, microcontrollers, and programmable integrated circuits at a high professional level.

Objectives

• Make students familiar with the basic concepts and terminology of the target area, the embedded systems design flow;
• give students an understanding of the embedded system architecture;
• familiarize students with peculiarities of organization and operation of computer systems based on an embedded microprocessor core;
• acquaint students with architectural features of modern FPGA;
• introduce students to SoC architectural features and technologies for making systems based on them;
• train students to put into practice hardware description languages (HDL);
• teach students to use computer aided tools and techniques for designing FPGA/PLD-based devices;
• introduce students to SoC architectural features and technologies for making systems based on them;
• present testing, simulation and verification flow in professional CAD;
• provide insight into low-level and high-level approaches to SoC design;
• teach the basics of SoC design using professional CAD;
• describe international standards of IP block standardization;
• teach the use of standard interfaces, serial and parallel data exchange;
• teach a practical application of methods and techniques for interfacing microprocessors and microcontrollers with sensors and actuators;
• acquaint students with methods of executive device control and to give them opportunity to apply and test those methods in practice;
• teach students to make measurements with the specified accuracy;
• give students knowledge and opportunity to shape a practical skills in the technology of data exchange organization between a microprocessor or microcontroller and memory and peripheral devices;
• provide students with theoretical knowledge and practical experience in digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital signal conversion and interfacing of digital systems with analog devices.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this module, it is expected that students will be able to:

• develop software/hardware systems using system-design platform LabView;
• build effective FPGA/PLD designs using professional CAD, Verilog, and VHDL;
• design embedded intelligent control systems concerning executive automation on the basis of microprocessors and microcontrollers;
• design, verify, and test implemented systems-on-a-chip;
• implement circuit solutions for the interfacing of intelligent digital systems with sensor systems and executive automation;
• develop software for embedded systems in C and assembler.

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