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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Welcome to the public section of the ECE 4525/5525 site!
This is your official information source for Digital Design, offered by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. In this course, we will primarily be concerned with the design of multi-input, multi-output system controllers which provide the central control signals that orchestrate the collection of hardware devices found in a digital system. Students will gain hands-on experience with contemporary Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). Industry-standard CAD tools by Xilinx will be used to design, simulate and implement digital circuits. ECE 4525 is a required course for undergraduate students majoring in computer engineering. ECE 5525 is one of the elective foundation courses for Master's students majoring in computer engineering. Your instructor this fall is Dr. Janos Grantner, a Professor in the Department.
General Information
General Information
Starting with Tutorial Lab 1 (in Week 2, please see the Lab Schedule below) EACH student is required to have the hardware and software as follows:
Nexys A7 FPGA Trainer Board (with Artix-7 FPGA), by Digilent.
These boards are available for purchase in the WMU Bookstore, or through on-line vendors. The Nexys A7 Board is a replacement for the Nexys 4 Board which may not be available through on-line vendors anymore.
TWO large solderless breadboards (one for bonus homework and the other one for lab and project work) along with wiring kits and a 110V AC - 3.3V DC power supply. These items are available for purchase in the WMU Bookstore, or students may purchase them through on-line vendors.
Various electronic parts for the Lab and Project assignments: ECE4525 Parts-F23. These items are available for purchase in the WMU Bookstore, or students may purchase them through on-line vendors.
Current Xilinx Vivado Edition (Vivado ML 2023.1).
Students can download this software packages from the Xilinx Web site, free of charge. Download instructions and a Tutorial are given in the protected area.
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Choose the .pdf files to merge and then click the "Merge!" button. Your selected files are input to the merged .pdf in the order they were added. The only limitation is that the files cannot be over 15MB for the free merger software.
The detailed course materials are accessible through WMU's eLearning.
The detailed course materials are accessible through WMU's eLearning.
Important links
Important links
Comments to: janos.grantner@wmich.edu
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Western Michigan University
4601 Campus Drive
Room A-246, Floyd Hall
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5329
Phone: (269) 276-3154
Primary Author: Janos Grantner
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