2022 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Undergraduate major in Information and Communications Engineering
Experiments of Information and Communications Engineering III
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Information and Communications Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Tsuyoshi Isshiki / Itsuo Kumazawa / Hiroki Sato / Yuyuan Chang / Dongju Li
- Class Format
- Experiment (Livestream)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-4 Mon (VLSI設計室) / 1-4 Thu (VLSI設計室)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ICT.E304
- Number of credits
- 002
- Course offered
- 2022
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
The exercise on microprocessor software(instruction set, assembly programming) and hardware(arithmetic logic, control logic) designs is carried out in group units according to the experiment text. In the second half of the experiment, each group will choose a free topic on microprocessor design enhancement, and make a planning, implementation and documentation to experience the creative design work.
Course description and aims
Learn 16-bit microprocessor instruction sets and assembly programming techniques,
Obtain skills to design and simulate a microprocessor using hardware description language,
Experience a microprocessor design enhancement project through a series of work including a topic planning, specification design, implementation, design verification, design evaluation and document creation.
Keywords
Microprocessor, instruction set, assembly programming, hardware description language
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Each group will conduct assembly programming, Verilog simulation, and free topic project, and submit report on each subject.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Assembly programming exercise 1: Instruction set, instruction format, assembly language format | |
| Class 2 | Assembly programming exercise 2: multiplication programming and division programming | |
| Class 3 | Assembly programming exercise 3: Hexadecimal to decimal conversion programming | |
| Class 4 | Assembly programming exercise 4: prime number calculation programming | |
| Class 5 | Assembly programming exercise 5: program analysis (calculator program, IO program) | Subject1.A: Assembly programming |
| Class 6 | Hardware description language exercise 1: Understanding the Verilog language | |
| Class 7 | Hardware description language exercise 2: Analyzing and understanding the hierarchical structure of the computer composed of each module, from Verilog description to block diagram | |
| Class 8 | Hardware description language exercise 3: Understand the execution behavior of the microprocessor through Verilog simulation | |
| Class 9 | Hardware description language exercise 4: Verilog simulations of the 4 created programs by Verilog simulator | Subject1.B: Microprocessor operation analysis and Verilog simulation of the 4 created program |
| Class 10 | Advanced microprocessor design exercise 1: Planning of microprocessor design enhancement (instruction set extensions, software design, etc) | Subject2-1: Plan for the Microprocessor application design |
| Class 11 | Advanced microprocessor design exercise 2: Specification design of the improvement microprocessor | |
| Class 12 | Advanced microprocessor design exercise 3: Function design of the improvement microprocessor | |
| Class 13 | Advanced microprocessor design exercise 3: Implementation of the improvement microprocessor | |
| Class 14 | Advanced microprocessor design exercise 4: Design verification and documentations of the improvement microprocessor | Subject2-2: Microprocessor application design |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 50 minutes preparing for class and another 50 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Lab textbook will be distributed on the experiment's web page
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Lab textbook will be distributed on the experiment's web page
Evaluation methods and criteria
Grades are scored on the submitted reports
Related courses
- CSC.T252 ： Switching Circuit Theory
- ICT.I216 ： Computer Logic Design (ICT)
Prerequisites
Advised to be enrolled in Switching Circuit Theory and Computer Logic Design classes
Office hours
Appointments should be made via email