Course contents: Introduction to FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays), Available FPGA technologies, Implementation, Place & Route and interconnections of the design on the FPGA, Timing constraints definition,Analysis of timing, Timing verification with simulation,FPGA resources utilization and performance evaluation, FPGA pin allocation, FPGA programming, FPGA verification, Circuit debugging, System verification.

Assessment: Compulsory coursework and oral-written exam at the end of the semester. The final grade is computed from the grades of the oral-written exam (with weight 50-70%) and the coursework (with weight 30-50%). The grades of both the oral-written exam and the coursework must be at least 5.