EXAM COVERAGE - ECEA 5360 Intro to FPGA Design for Embedded
Systems Final
The ECEA 5360 Intro to FPGA Design for Embedded Systems Final
evaluates knowledge of field-programmable gate array (FPGA)
architecture and digital design principles for embedded systems. Key
topics include digital logic design, combinational and sequential
circuits, and hardware description languages (HDLs) such as VHDL or
Verilog used to implement FPGA-based systems. The exam covers
FPGA architecture, synthesis, simulation, and timing analysis, as well as
design flow using FPGA development tools. Candidates are tested on
finite state machines (FSMs), clock management, memory blocks, and
input/output interfacing with embedded devices. Additional areas
,include hardware debugging, resource optimization, and integrating
FPGA designs into embedded system applications. The exam
emphasizes applying digital design concepts to develop, test, and
implement efficient FPGA-based solutions for embedded systems.
FPGAs are primarily made up of ________?
-OR Gates
-AND Gates
-Lookup Tables (LUTs)
-CPLDs
LUTs
,What is the market for PLD?
$6 Billion in 2017 was expected to grow to $10B in 2020
PROM
Programmable Read Only Memory
Invented 1956
Commercially available 1969
EEPROM
Electronically Erasable PROM
Invented 1971
, PLA
Programmable Logic Arrays
invented 1975
PALs
Programmable Array Logic
Invented in 1978
What does PROM architecture consist of?
Fixed AND plane for address decoding logic, OR plane
programmable through the change of memory contents