Course Focus
This course is designed with the support of the VLSI and Embedded Systems Industry.
Aware of the real need for a multidisciplinary approach, the program prepares students with in-depth and comprehensive knowledge of the underlined technologies involved in Embedded Systems and VLSI Design. The program is focused on both theoretical and concrete aspects. It aims at:
- Enhancing the skills in designing VLSI systems to match the ever increasing demand of this cutting-edge technology.
- It also provides intensive training in VHDL / VERILOG and contemporary EDA tools for FPGAs and ASICs.
- Developing competencies, at system level design for the development of Embedded Systems, based on strong basics of complementary subjects, such as electronics, computer science, energy conversion and management, automatic control, telecommunications and networks.
- Developing the system approach through integrated projects to master specific methods and tools applied to the following domains: aeronautics, space, automobile or multimedia.
The training covers all hardware, software and control issues of Embedded Systems and VLSI Design within an integrated system based perspective.
Course Structure
Batches are conducted in September every year
1 year (1500 hours), Lectures 2 hrs/day, Practical 5 hrs/day.
Course Fee
Rs. 80,000.00 (To be paid in one installment by Demand Draft drawn in favour of “ICIT Pvt. Ltd., Pune”, within 10 days from selection for admission).
Eligibility
BE / B. Tech. (Electronics, Electronics & Telecommunication, Instrumentation, Electrical), M.Sc. (Electronics & Instrumentation), or equivalent. Final year students may apply.
Course Syllabus
| Topics (Semester 1) | No. of hours |
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Digital Design & Processor Design- Binary arithmetic, Boolean algebra, Logic Gates
- Combinational circuits, sequential circuits
- Advanced digital design, processor design
- Data path & control unit design
- State machine Design
| 120 hrs |
CMOS VLSI Design and layout- CMOS Process and Device technology
- VLSI Design Principles Hierarchy
- Stick diagram & Layout Design
- Testing and Verification
- PSPICE
- Logic Simulation
- Scaling of MOS circuits
- Study of CMOS circuits and their electrical, voltage & timing characteristics
| 170 hrs |
HDL Language- Detailed Study of verilog - Language Constructs
- Coding for Simulation and Synthesis
- Coding Guidelines, Design Interception levels
- Behavioral, Register Transfer, Gate, Device and Process level
- Advanced Verilog, Creating and interfacing PLI applications
- Introduction to VHDL
| 250 hrs |
Verification- Concept of verification
- Study of HVL - system Verilog
- Study of different test bench architectures
- Script driven test benches
- System level testing concepts
- Reuse of test bench components
- Coverage driven verification
| 90 hrs |
Implementation | 30 hrs |
PLD Architecture- Fundamentals of Programmable Logic PLD's (PLA, PAL)
- Architecture of popular CPLD and FPGA families like Xilinx '9500' series, xc4000 & Spartan 3E.
| 90 hrs |
Study of Bus Architecture- Ethernet, MAC Protocol
- PCI Bus architecture
- FIREWIRE AMBA bus
- AXI Protocol, AHB protocol
| 20 hrs |
Telecommunication- Study of Communication protocols
- Wireless communication
| 20 hrs |
| Total | 790 hrs |
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| Topics (Semester 2) | No. of hours |
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Programming Languages for Embedded Systems and Concepts- Object oriented design
- Study of Advanced C Concepts
- Object oriented concepts
- Software development life cycle SDLC
- Embedded Systems
| 250 hrs |
Real Time Operating Systems- Introduction to Ecos, UCOS-II etc
- Specific RTOS
- Study of VxWorks RTOS
- Study of Symbian OS
- RTLinux application implementation
- Introduction to RTOS related tools such as C-spy debugger, Kernel activity monitors
| 50 hrs |
Embedded System Programming- C++
- Core Java
- Embedded Java
- Understanding different architectures of embedded Java
- (J2ME,Personal Java, Embedded Java, JADEs LEAP)
- Understanding of Embedded Java Tools
- Application development
| 100 hrs |
Linux Device Drivers- Processor Architecture, process scheduling, Memory management
- Inter process communication
- Linux internals
- Systems programming in Linux
- Shell scripting
- File API, Process API
- Multithreading, Driver Development
| 210 hrs |
8/16/32 bit microcontroller and interfacing- Study of architecture
- Interfacing concepts for new devices
- Assembly language Programming
- Embedded C programming
- ARM processor
- 32 bit architecture introduction
- Instruction set ARM Assembly language Programming
- Embedded C programming, and Application development
| 120 hrs |
Embedded System Hardware Design- Study of data sheets
- Selection of components
- Power supply design
- Microcontroller based application hardware design
- RTLinux application implementation
- Introduction to RTOS related tools such as C-spy debugger, Kernel activity monitors
| 40 hrs |
Digital Signal Processing- LTI Systems
- Convolution
- Correlation
- Fourier transform
- Z transformation
- DSP system implementation
- MAC, Harvard Architecture
- Pipelining, DSP processor Architecture
- TMS320 Series/ADSP2106
- Data Compression Techniques (JPEGs, MPEGs)
| 30 hrs |
Wireless Communication protocols- Overview of wireless Communications
- Path Loss and Shadowing
- Capacity of Wireless Channels
- Multiuser Systems
- Cellular systems and infrastructure based wireless networks
| 40 hrs |
Soft Skills- Communication
- Technical writing
| 20 hrs |
| Total | 860 hrs |
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Project Work | 30 hrs |
| Total | 1800 hrs |
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