• Instructor Prof. Tinoosh Mohsenin Barton 309, tinoosh@jhu.edu
• Office Hours By Appointment
• Lecture TTh 10:30am-11:45am Room : Krieger Hall 302
• Teaching Assistant: Arman Hatami, ahatami2@jh.edu
• Office Hours By Appointment

Course Readings/ Tutorials

Paper/Tutorial	Comments
https://www.edaplayground.com	EDA Playground is a free web application that allows users to edit, simulate, and synthesize HDL code.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gExBBwRfu3k	A simple introduction to how EDA Playground works.
https://www.edaplayground.com/x/HjXK	Example Code for a D Flip Flop and Test Bench.
eda_sim_tutorial_edit.mp4	Video Tutorial for Simulation using a Verilog Example and Testbench.
cadence xcelium sim tutorial	Video Tutorial for Cadence Xcelium Simulation using a Flip Flop Example
genus tutorial	Video Tutorial for Genus using Flip Flop Example
copy_template.sh	script to copy template/example project
Flip Flop example tutorial	Learn how to copy the Flip Flop example to your server
Linux basic commands	Tutorial on Linux basic command which is useful for working with Cadance on server

Homework / Projects

All future dates tentative until HW’s/project assigned.

Number	Due Date	% Homework/Project grade	Material covered and additional files
1	Wednesday, Jan 29th	10%	HW1-ALU.pdf
2	Sunday, Feb 16th	15%	HW2-VLSI.pdf
3 phase 1	Sunday,Mar 2nd EXT to Thursday, Mar 6th	7.5%	HW3-RGBConverter.pdf Homework Explanation(.mp4) Additional Files: Tutorial for Post Synthesis Simulations (.pdf) RGB to BW code (.m) Image to Matrix code (.py) Picture to Matrix code (.m) Design Block Diagram (picture) Parrot (picture)
3 phase 2	Monday,Mar 10th	7.5%	Same files as phase 1 + Place and Route instructions (.pdf) + Place and Route Video Tutorial (.mp4)
3 phase 3	Monday,Mar 24th	10%	Same as phase 1 and 2 + Place and Route GUI Visualization (.mp4)
Final Project phase 1	Monday, Apr 14th	10%	Final_project.pdf + Final_project Slides (.pdf)
Final Project phase 2	Wednesday, Apr 23rd	15%

Course Topics and Lecture Slides

Future details are tentative.

Date	Lecture	Notes	Logistics
01/21/2025	Introduction slides
01/23/2025	Verilog slides	Slides with helpful Verilog Syntax from Prof. Paul Jackson at Princeton University
01/28/2025	Sign slides	Number representation and sign extension
01/30/2025	Registers and Clocks and Resets slides	explaining how Registers and Clocks and Resets work
02/04/2025	Types of statements slides	More Verilog Examples, Blocking nonblocking statement
02/06/2025	Fixed Point slides	Fixed point number representation
02/11/2025	Numeric basics slides	Slides from reference book along with Verilog examples (covers numeric basics, Adders, Multi-input adder)
02/13/2025	Synthesize TCL VCD_slides Cost_slides Load_slides Library_slides Constraints_slides	Explain different parts of a Synthesize TCL file to understand the commands
02/18/2025	Timing Analysis slides	Overview of Timing Analysis in the digital circuit
02/20/2025	Power Analysis slides	Analysis and Estimation of Power Consumption in VLSI Design
02/25/2025	Registers and Testbench slides	Modeling Registers with additional Reset or Enable signals
02/27/2025	State Machines slides	State Machines and example with Verilog
03/04/2025	Squaring slides	explain Squaring operation
03/06/2025	Other Multipliers slides	Fixed Input Multipliers
03/11/2025	Memories slides	Overview of Memories
03/13/2025	Memories Examples slides	Memory and FIFO examples
03/25/2025	Memory Examples from Book slides	Memory and FIFO examples from the book
03/27/2025	ROM slides	Look up table Rom and Fixed point number representation
04/01/2025	Statemachine with Memory Component slides	FSM and Memories examples
04/03/2025	Comparator slides	Comparator and sort examples
04/08/2025	ASIC slides	ASIC design flow
04/10/2025	Final Project slides	Final Project RISC processor Design
04/10/2025	Instruction Set Review slides	Instruction Sets, RISCs, CISC, Harvard, Von Neumann
04/15/2025	Static Timing slides	Static timing and analysis with an example
04/17/2025	ASIC Floor planning slides	Slides from Prof Riadul Islam
04/22/2025	Innovus slides	Tutorial for Innovus tool
04/24/2025