Field Programmable Gate Array
Design Project in Architecture / Embedded Systems
Engineering Notebook / Log
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Week 1 |
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Mon, March 29 |
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Tue, March 30 |
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Wed, March 31 |
0.5 |
Class began |
none |
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Thur, March 1 |
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Worked on engineering log |
none |
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Fri, March 2 |
2 |
More work on log |
none |
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Sat, March 3 |
0 |
none |
sleep |
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Sun, March 4 |
0.5 |
Discussion with group |
Meeting on Monday |
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Week 2 |
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Mon, April 5 |
3 |
Meeting at Norms |
Talk about trade off analysis |
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Tue, April 6 |
2 |
Meeting in lab |
Some work on trade off analysis |
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Wed, April 7 |
1 |
Read up on FPGA |
Research on some site |
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Thur, April 8 |
2 |
Read more on FPGA |
Same as yesterday |
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Fri, April 9 |
1 |
Worked on log |
Didn't do much |
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Sat, April 10 |
1 |
Began thinking about project proposal |
Tried to understand what needed to go on the proposal and which part of the proposal will be easier for me to write |
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Sun, April 11 |
0 |
none |
Received called from group member about group meeting on Monday |
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Week 3 |
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Mon, April 12 |
3 |
Group meeting: -Divided project up and figure out who is going to do what |
Discuss about many aspects of the projects. -2 members do VHDL -2 members do C++ |
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Tue, April 13 |
4 |
Worked on proposal on the net with group members |
Thought about trade offs and cost and time issues |
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Wed, April 14 |
2 |
Got idea from professor and classmates on some good sites about FPGA |
There are other classes that I need to give me attention |
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Thur, April 15 |
2 |
Went to xlinx's site to read about FPGAs |
Need to understand more about FPGAs |
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Fri, April 16 |
1 |
worked on engineering log |
need to read books need to catch up on FPGA research |
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Sat, April 17 |
1 |
Beginning looking at book, not really reading it. |
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Sun, April 18 |
0 |
none |
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Week 4 |
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Mon, April 19 |
3 |
Reading chapters 1-2 of Art of Designing Embedded System |
Very interesting reading. Give me some great ideas on how to begin the project |
ADES ch 1~2 |
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Tue, April 20 |
3 |
Read more chapters on Art of Design Embedded System |
Got great ideas on how to begin -Begin small steps -Need to create a more functional team design |
ADES ch 3, 7, 8 |
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Wed, April 21 |
3 |
Finishing up the book before quiz time. Took quiz in class Discuss about project |
We are very behind in out design, need to catch up |
ADES ch 9 |
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Thur, April 22 |
2 |
Thought about how to begin the project |
-Planning to hard code everything just for the start -Simulating will be the first priority |
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Fri, April 23 |
1 |
Had some internet problem, could not work on log properly |
-Working hard through the weekend -Need to fix log, its currently messed up, due to internet problem |
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Sat, April 24 |
0 |
Had to go work |
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Sun, April 25 |
2 |
Linux went down |
Had to drive back to riverside to get and other computer so another linux system and be brought up. |
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Week 5 |
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Mon, April 26 |
3 |
Worked on design |
Read up on FPGA Talked to other class mates about the project to see how far they have gotten |
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Tue, April 27 |
6 |
Worked on design |
Many problems arrised, the main problem that we had is that the LUT is not working probably. |
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Wed, April 28 |
2 |
Presentation in class Demo to TA |
Presentation didn't go very well, it seems like other groups included more technical information than our group. Demo didn't wen't well also, we are behind in our design and need to put in extra hours to catch up. |
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Thur, April 29 |
2 |
Though about how to get back on track. Worked on log |
Plan to devote more time to this class. Though about how an LUT should work, since it is basically a memory, I am going to find some true tables to put in. |
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Fri, April 30 |
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-Plans to fix our LUTs -Plan to figure out what do the switch matrix do. |
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Sat, April 31 |
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Sun, May 1 |
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Mon, Feb 9 |
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Sat, Feb 14 |
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Sun, Feb 15 |
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Mon, Feb 16 |
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Sat, Feb 21 |
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Sun, Feb 22 |
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Sat, Feb 28 |
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Sun, Feb 29 |
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Sun, Mar 7 |
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Mon, Mar 8 |
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Wed, Mar 10 |
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Thur, Mar 11 |
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Sat, Mar 13 |
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Sun, Mar 14 |
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Last Updated: 03/07/04