Schedule
Please note that the schedule might be adjusted from time to time.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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Aug 28 |
Aug 29 |
Aug 30 0 : Introduction |
Aug 31 |
Sep 1 |
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Sep 4 Labour Day |
Sep 5 |
Sep 6 1: Computer Technology and Abstractions (1) |
Sep 7 |
Sep 8 |
| 0: Getting started with Logisim | ||||
| 1: Digital logic recap | ||||
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Sep 11 1: Computer Technology and Abstractions (2) |
Sep 12 |
Sep 13 2: CPU design (1) |
Sep 14 |
Sep 15 |
| 0: Getting started with Logisim | ||||
| 1: CPU design | ||||
| 1: Digital logic recap | ||||
| 2: Addition; Memory | ||||
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Sep 18 2: CPU design (2) |
Sep 19 |
Sep 20 2: CPU design (3) |
Sep 21 |
Sep 22 |
| 1: CPU design | ||||
| 2: Addition; Memory | ||||
| 3: CPU: Control; IR; PC; memory accesses; five stages; branching | ||||
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Sep 25 3: ARM ISA (1) |
Sep 26 |
Sep 27 3: ARM ISA (2) |
Sep 28 |
Sep 29 |
| 1: CPU design | ||||
| 3: CPU: Control; IR; PC; memory accesses; five stages; branching | ||||
| 4: ARM assembly: addressing mode; branches&CPSR | ||||
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Oct 2 3: ARM ISA (3) |
Oct 3 |
Oct 4 3: ARM ISA (4) |
Oct 5 |
Oct 6 Lab 1: CPU design |
| Fall Reading Break | ||||
| 1: CPU design | ||||
| 4: ARM assembly: addressing mode; branches&CPSR | ||||
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Oct 9 |
Oct 10 |
Oct 11 |
Oct 12 |
Oct 13 |
| Fall Reading Break | ||||
| 2: ARM programming | ||||
| 5: ARM assembly: function calls | ||||
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Oct 16 4: Software (1) |
Oct 17 |
Oct 18 5: IO (1) |
Oct 19 |
Oct 20 |
| 2: ARM programming | ||||
| 5: ARM assembly: function calls | ||||
| 6: IO: Memory-mapped registers; Polling | ||||
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Oct 23 5: IO (2) |
Oct 24 |
Oct 25 Midterm |
Oct 26 |
Oct 27 Lab 2 ARM programming |
| 2: ARM programming | ||||
| 3 : ARM IO | ||||
| 6: IO: Memory-mapped registers; Polling | ||||
| 7: IO: Tri-state buffer; Synchronous Bus; Synchronous Input/Ouput Device interface circuit | ||||
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Oct 30 midterm solution |
Oct 31 |
Nov 1 5: IO (3) |
Nov 2 |
Nov 3 |
| 3 : ARM IO | ||||
| 7: IO: Tri-state buffer; Synchronous Bus; Synchronous Input/Ouput Device interface circuit | ||||
| 8: I/O topics: Interrupt; Asynchronuos buses; Bus arbitration; UART | ||||
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Nov 6 6: IO (4) |
Nov 7 |
Nov 8 6: Memory (1) |
Nov 9 |
Nov 10 |
| 3 : ARM IO | ||||
| 8: I/O topics: Interrupt; Asynchronuos buses; Bus arbitration; UART | ||||
| 9: Memory: SRAM/DRAM; Multi-chip memories; DMA | ||||
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Nov 13 6: Memory (2) |
Nov 14 |
Nov 15 6: Memory (3) |
Nov 16 |
Nov 17 |
| 3 : ARM IO | ||||
| 9: Memory: SRAM/DRAM; Multi-chip memories; DMA | ||||
| 10: Memory: caches | ||||
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Nov 20 6: Memory (4) |
Nov 21 |
Nov 22 7: Processor Pipelining (1) |
Nov 23 |
Nov 24 |
| 3 : ARM IO | ||||
| 10: Memory: caches | ||||
| 11: Virtual memory and processor pipelining | ||||
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Nov 27 8: Arithmetic (1) |
Nov 28 |
Nov 29 8: Arithmetic (2) |
Nov 30 8: Arithmetic (3) |
Dec 1 |
| 3 : ARM IO | ||||
| 11: Virtual memory and processor pipelining | ||||
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Dec 4 Lab 3: ARM IO Revision |
Dec 5 |
Dec 6 |
Dec 7 |
Dec 8 |