EECS 373: Labs

Lab Assignment Schedule

• Lab Due Dates
  
• Labs begin the first week of class No Pre-Lab Assignment is due; however, read Lab 1 for preparation. The lab can be easily completed in the 3 hour period. If not, you can complete the lab during open lab hours. See the open lab schedule for available times.
  

• You will be granted 24 hour access to the lab via keypad entry. The code will be distributed the first few weeeks of class.
  
• The lab is shared with eecs498 Robitics lab. You may not use the lab during exclusive eecs498 times. See the Lab Room Schedule for details.
• You may use the lab during open times on a first come first serve basis (equal priority). See the Lab Room Schedule for details.
• During peak times (M and Th 4p-7p) eecs373 students will have priority for 6 stations and eecs498 students will have priority for 6 stations. Note, access may be limited during this times.
• You cannot reserve a station by leaving your stuff on the station and a login. Stations left this way will be logged out if demand requires use. You must attend the station and actively use it.
  
• Do not interfere with eecs498 equipment such as the robotic arms and cameras!
• See the unsupported lab policy for lab policy use details.

• In addition to your registered lab section, several staffed open labs are provided. See the Lab Room Schedule for details. Access and support is provided on a first come first serve basis.
  

Course Directory Space

•  Remote Access: You cannot SSH into this space from home,  but you can use the virtual site connection. On the CAEN webpage: Connecting to CAEN-->Virtual Sites. link You can then map a network drive to the course directory space at: \\caen-course.engin.umich.edu\F09\eecs373.
  

Lab Safety

• Lab Safety Guideline

Lab Assignments and Related Materials

• Lab 1 Assignment
  
• ISE 10.1 Lab 1 Base Project (zip)
• The ISE software is availabe from Xlilinx for you to install on your personal computer free of charge. Web Pack software link. Try loading the web pack software on your computer and Implementing the base project. You can use this for design entry and basic verfication outside of lab. You will have to import the design source files for use in the lab.
  
• For additional background on ISE tools: schematic design entry, HDL design entry, synthesis, etc, see the tutorials from Xilinx. Xilinx Tutorials. Note, these are general purpose tutorials and do not consider address specfic requirements of the 373 lab environment.
  
• Lab 2 Assignment
• SingleStep on CAEN
• Currently not available as start menu shortcut, but you can run from command line   S:\CAEN\SDS75\cmd\simppc.exe
• Example make file makelab2 (bat)
  
• Assembler Ref
  
• General Compare Branch Ref
• Lab2 Source File (.s)
• Lab2 Link File (.txt)
• SingleStep Demo Software (zip)
• You can use this software to do PreLab work and simulations on your PC. A license is not required if you install the demo version. Also, MPC823 is not available on this demo, but you can MPC821 for these purposes. The installer must be an admin.
• While the C compiler, assembler and linker will work under Vista, the SingleStep debugger will not.
  

• Lab 3 Assignment 
  
• Lab 3 Overview Slides
  
• This overview will be given the week of lab 2. It will provide you with essential background and approach to external bus interfacing.
  

• Verilog References
• This is the link to the current 270 lab webpage. There are several tutorials and power point slides to provide review of Verilog.
  
• Lab 4 Assignment  2 week lab
  
•  Interpreting Table 12 and 13 of the White Book
  
• Lab 4 Overview Slides
• Lab 4 Overview Slides (recent ppt)
  
• An overview will be provided the 1st week of lab 4. Although you will be using many of the principles and debugging techniques of lab 3, this can be a difficult lab. Get started as soon as possible.
  
• Lab 5 Assignment
  
• MPC823 UART Initialization (uartinit.o)
• Makefile Example (rar)
• This make example includes everthing you need to get started with the MetaWare C-compiler. Unlike the C Assembly Example, compiling, assembly and linking are consolidated into one makefile. The example includes an assembly main, C-function and C-called assembly function. Be sure to read all the comments in the makefile.bat and source files.
  
• NOTE!!!: The compiler creates a temp file locally that requires that you do the following when compiling in your class directory space or you will get a permission error:
1. You must be logged on with the same username as the class directory.
2. You must be mapped directly into the username folder. (J drive not S drive).

• ASCII Table and DB9 Pin Out
• Motorola ABI Reference
• ABI Reference Guide Summary
• Makefile Example Supplement. May not be necessary if you understand the makefile example.
  
• Mixing C and Assembler Guide
• C Assembly Example Files (zip)
• No overview for Lab 5

• Lab 6 Assignment (rev 2/5/9) Two week lab.
  
• Lab 6 Software Organization
• No overview for Lab 6
  
• Lab 7 Assignment
• No overview for Lab 7
  
• Lab 8 Assignment
  
• Lab 8 Overview Slides
  
• ADC0808 Data Sheet
• AtoD Tutorial
  
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Project

• F09 Project Handout (8/25/09)
  
• A comprehensive document containing current project requirements, schedules and guidelines.
  
• Project Devices (Standard Inventory)
  
• This document contains brief descriptions on how to use and connect standard 373 project devices to the IO expansion board. It also contains links  to  device specifications.
• Project IO Expansion Board
  
The IO expansion board allows you to conveniently connect 373 project devices to general purpose FGPA IO. It also provides protection for the FPGA IO with external buffering. YOU MUST USE THE EXPANSION BOARD. You are NOT allowed to connect to FPGA IO directly as in lab 8. There is to much risk of damaging FPGA IO pins. There is also space on the protoboard to build signal conditioning circuits. The board also provides basic power for devices and signal conditioning circuits.

• Project Devices Slides
• Standard device slides.
  
• Past 373 Project Links thru W09
  
• Past 373 project links. Pages starting in W05 conform to following web page guidelines.
  
• Cornell University ECE 476 Final Design Projects
• A more advanced class, but a good source of project ideas, devices and other links.