CPSC 331-30 VLSI Design

Professor: Ellen L. Walker

Course Information

• Syllabus(PDF format)
• Trip information -- Photos! (from last time)

Original Design Project

• Specifications
• Project Proposals (Due Monday April 25 5pm)
• Presentations and Demonstrations (Tuesday May 10)

Labs

• Lab 1 Due Friday, Apr 22, noon
• Lab 2 Due Wednesday, Apr 27, 5pm
• Lab 3 Due Sunday, May 1, 5pm

Class Notes

• Wednesday, April 20
• Thursday, April 21
• Monday, April 25
• Tuesday, April 26
• Thursday, April 28
• Friday, April 29
• Monday, May 9 -- Open Lab
• Tuesday, May 10 -- Project Presentations and Demonstrations

Additional Links

• Robert Walker's VLSI Design course at Kent State University
• Rapid Prototyping of Digital Systems by Hamblen & Furman (textbook site)
• Free on-campus access through the OhioLink Electronic Book Center
• Altera Home Page
• Electronic Design Automation Consortium
• Metric Prefixes (Gives powers of 10 for micro, nano, mega, giga, etc.)
• 74-series IC Data Sheet Index -- Explains what all those 74xxx functions in the mf library are
• JFLAP Software (for drawing and testing State Machines aka DFA's)