Teaching digital electronics courses using high-level synthesis tools

Modern digital electronics courses usually include hardware description languages as a useful tool to implement relatively complex digital designs using programmable logic devices. These languages are close to the final hardware architecture, but usually lead to long and complex design procedures. T...

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Published in2013 7th IEEE International Conference on e-Learning in Industrial Electronics (ICELIE) pp. 43 - 47
Main Authors Navarro, Denis, Lucia, Oscar, Barragan, Luis A., Urriza, Isidro, Artigas, Jose I.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.11.2013
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Digital control
Field programmable gate arrays
Hardware
Hardware design languages
Multi-platform simulators
Power electronics teaching
resonant power conversion
Training
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Summary:Modern digital electronics courses usually include hardware description languages as a useful tool to implement relatively complex digital designs using programmable logic devices. These languages are close to the final hardware architecture, but usually lead to long and complex design procedures. To overcome this limitation, high level synthesis tools provide an intuitive and straight-forward design flow using well-known programming languages such as C. This paper deals with the inclusion in a digital electronics course high-level synthesis tools to provide the student with a wider vision and additional design tools. An application example focused on digital control of power converters is provided, and the main benefits and drawbacks arisen are highlighted.
DOI:10.1109/ICELIE.2013.6701269