2025 (Current Year) 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 / Daichi Fujiki / Hiroki Sato / Dongju Li / Masayuki Shimoda
- Class Format
- Experiment (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-4 Mon / 1-4 Thu
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ICT.E304
- Number of credits
- 002
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Apr 2, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
The exercise on the design methodologies of microprocessor software (instruction set, assembly programming) and hardware (arithmetic logic, control logic) is conducted in groups following the experimental guidebook. In the second half of the experiment, each group will choose a topic related to microprocessor design enhancement and carry out planning, implementation, and documentation to experience the creative design process.
Course description and aims
Learn the instruction set and assembly programming techniques for a 32-bit microprocessor,
Learn the microprocessor design methodologies using hardware description languages and simulation techniques.
Perform your own microprocessor improvement design independently, and experience a project through a series of tasks, including topic planning, specification design, implementation design, design verification, design evaluation, and document creation for overall work.
Keywords
Microprocessor, instruction set, assembly programming, hardware description language, microprocesser design
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Each group will conduct C/assembly programming, Verilog simulation, and a free topic project (microprocessor improvement design or application design), and submit a report on each subject.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Assembly programming exercise 1: Understanding Instruction set, Instruction formats, and Assembly language specifications | |
| 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: calculator program, Input/Output program | Subject1.A: Creating C programs |
| Class 6 | Hardware description language exercise 1: Understanding of Verilog language specification | |
| Class 7 | Hardware description language exercise 2: Analyzing and understanding the hierarchical structure of the computer composed of various modules, from Verilog description to block diagrams | |
| Class 8 | Hardware description language exercise 3: Understanding the operational behavior of a microprocessor through Verilog simulation | |
| Class 9 | Hardware description language exercise 4: Logic simulations of the created programs using Verilog simulator | Subject1.B: Microprocessor operation analysis and Verilog simulation of the created programs |
| Class 10 | Microprocessor application exercise 1: Planning for microprocessor improvement design topics (e.g. instruction set extensions, software development, etc.). Each group will select a topic and make a plan for work assignment and schedule | Subject2-1: Plan for the Microprocessor application design |
| Class 11 | Microprocessor application exercise 2: Specification design for microprocessor improvement design | |
| Class 12 | Microprocessor application exercise 3: Function design for microprocessor improvement design | |
| Class 13 | Microprocessor application exercise 4: Implementation for microprocessor improvement design | |
| Class 14 | Microprocessor application exercise 5: Design verification and documents creation for the microprocessor improvement design | 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)
Experimental manual/guidebook will be distributed on the experiment's website
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Reference materials and Q&A will be published on the experiment's website
Evaluation methods and criteria
Grades are assessed based on the submitted reports
Related courses
- CSC.T252 ： Switching Circuit Theory
- ICT.I216 ： Computer Logic Design (ICT)
Prerequisites
It is desirable to have completed courses in "logic circuit theory" and "computer logic design" before participating in the experiment.
Office hours
Appointments should be made via email