Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 11:06
Beginning with digital logic gates and progressing to the design of combinational and sequential circuits, this course use these fundamental building blocks as the basis for what follows: the design of an ARM microprocessor. In addition, students will get hands on experience with programming using ARM assembly language which is the inner language spoken by the processor. By the end of the course, students will have a top-to-down understanding of how a microprocessor works. The course is taught without prerequisites; students are taught with plenty of exercises from lectures, tutorials, practical and tests every week.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Offshore | Sustained Study | No |
| Co-ordinators |
|
||
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Weeks | 43 | Feedback Weeks | 46 | |
| Feedback |
Written feedback with automated components |
|||
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Create | Construct assembly language applications |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Weeks | 36 | Feedback Weeks | 39 | |
| Feedback |
Written feedback |
|||
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Apply | Apply Boolean algebra |
| Procedural | Apply | Translate from binary to decimal and hex numbering systems |
| Procedural | Create | Design circuit schematics constrained by min and max terms |
| Procedural | Create | Design finite state machines |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 60 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Weeks | 47,48 | Feedback Weeks | ||
| Feedback | ||||
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Apply | Apply Boolean algebra |
| Procedural | Apply | Translate from binary to decimal and hex numbering systems |
| Procedural | Create | Design finite state machines |
| Procedural | Create | Construct assembly language applications |
| Procedural | Create | Design circuit schematics constrained by min and max terms |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback | ||||
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
|
|
||
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Apply | Translate from binary to decimal and hex numbering systems |
| Procedural | Apply | Apply Boolean algebra |
| Procedural | Create | Design circuit schematics constrained by min and max terms |
| Procedural | Create | Design finite state machines |
| Procedural | Create | Construct assembly language applications |
We have detected that you are have compatibility mode enabled or are using an old version of Internet Explorer. You either need to switch off compatibility mode for this site or upgrade your browser.
