EE598.67 Fall 2003

(This document is subject to updates without prior notifications)

Last update: January 6, 2004

Announcements

08/20/2003: Fall-2003 syllabus online.
09/17/03: Attendance and scoreboard [click here] is online.
12/10/03: Please use this form to complete the Peer Review Process.
01/06/04: Final grade report is online.

Co-Instructors for General Lectures

Professor Xinghao Chen
T-617, Steinman Hall
212-650-7889
xchen@ccny.cuny.edu

Design Projects Advisory Faculty Member(s)

VLSI Design & Synthesis Projects
Professor Xinghao Chen

Course Description

This is a two semester capstone design course. The student is required to design and implement a solution to an engineering project. Topics include introduction to engineering design, identification of a problem, background research, social, environmental, ethical and economic considerations, intellectual property and patents and proposal writing, including methods of engineering analysis and theoretical modeling. A detailed concept and design proposal is completed during the first semester and the implementation phase may also begin. A functional physical prototype or computer model is completed and tested in the second semester. Each student is required to write an in depth engineering report and to make an oral presentation to the faculty.

Textbooks

For General Lectures: TBD

For VLSI Design & Synthesis Projects:
1) "Introductory VHDL - From Simulation to Synthesis", by Sudhakar Yalamanchili, Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0-13-080982-9
2) "Advanced Digital Design with the VERILOG HDL", by Michael D. Ciletti, Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0-13-089161-4
2) "Programmable Logic Design Quick Start Hand Book", by Karen Parnell and Nick Mehta, Xilinx Inc. (ISE WebPack Manual)
3) Xilinx ISE WebPack (Design-Simulation-Synthesis software download)

Reference Books

For General Lectures
1) "Senior Design Experience: Lessons for Life", by Mansour Eslami, Agile Press, 2002, ISBN 0-9718239-0-1
2) "Hold Paramount: The Engineer's Responsibility to Society", by Gunn/Vesilind, Thomson's Learning.
3) "The Element of Style", 3rd Edition, by William Struck Jr. and E. B. White, MacMillan Publishing
4) "The Making Of An Engineer - An Illustrated History of Engineering Education in the United States and Canada", by Lawrence P. Grayson. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-59799-6

For VLSI Design & Synthesis Projects:
1) "Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals, 2nd Edition Updated", by M. Morris Mano and Charles R. Kime, Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0-13-031486-2

When & Where

Lecture Hour: 2:00pm - 4:45pm, Tuesday & Thursday
Lecture/Project Group Meeting Rooms: T-612 or PC Laboratory on the 5th floor, Steinman Hall

Pre- or Co-requisites

Senior year students only, after EE Lab. III (EE323) is completed with a passing grade; Senior Capstone Design I (EE598.66)
3 class hrs/wk and 3 design hrs/wk., 3cr each semester for two consecutive semesters.

Office Hours

Tuesday 4:45-5:30pm, Thursday 12:30-1:45pm

Teaching/Laboratory Assistant

TBD

Tentative Schedule of Topics

Week 1 (09/01-05)

Tuesday 09/02, 2-4:45pm: Welcome Back to Campus, Design Project Reviews
Thursday 09/04, 2-4:45pm: Project Management V: Quality Control and Risk Management [Outline-1]

Week 2 (09/08-12)

Tuesday 09/09, 2-4:45pm: Introduction to FPGA Technologies
Thursday 09/11, 2-4:45pm: Design Project Team Activities

Week 3 (09/15-19)

Tuesday 09/16, 2-4:45pm: Xilinx FPGA Synthesis Software Workshop I
Thursday 09/18, 2-3:20pm: Social Session I
Thursday 09/18, 3:30-4:45pm: Design Project Team Activities

Week 4 (09/22-26)

Tuesday 09/23, 2-4:30pm: Entrepreneurial and Venture Capital; Marketing High-Tech Products
Thursday 09/25, 2-4:45pm: Design Project Team Activities

Week 5 (09/29-10/03)

Tuesday 09/30, 2-4:45pm: Design Project Team Activities
Thursday 10/02, 2-4:45pm: Xilinx FPGA Synthesis Software Workshop II

Week 6 (10/06-10)

Tuesday 10/07, No Class (Monday Schedule)
Thursday 10/09, 2-3:20pm: Social Session II
Thursday 10/09, 3:30-4:45pm: Design Project Team Activities

Week 7 (10/13-17)

Tuesday 10/14, 2-4:45pm: Design Project Team Activities
Thursday 10/16, 2-4:45pm: Xilinx FPGA Synthesis Software Workshop III

Week 8 (10/20-24)

Tuesday 10/21, 2-4:45pm: Design Project Team Activities
Thursday 10/24, 2-4:45pm: Design Project Clinic I

Week 9 (10/27-31)

Tuesday 10/28, 2-4:45pm: Xilinx FPGA Synthesis Software Workshop IV
Thursday 10/30, 2-3:20pm: Social Session III
Thursday 10/30, 3:30-4:45pm: Design Project Team Activities

Week 10 (11/03-07)

Tuesday 11/04, 2-4:45pm: Design Project Clinic II
Thursday 11/06, 2-4:45pm: Design Project Team Activities

Week 11 (11/10-14)

Tuesday 11/11, 2-4:45pm: Design Project Clinic III
Thursday 11/13, 2-4:45pm: Xilinx FPGA Synthesis Software Workshop V

Week 12 (11/17-21)

Tuesday 11/18, 2-4:30pm: Design Project Team Activities
Thursday 11/20, 2-4:30pm: Design Project Clinic IV: Design Project Reviews

Week 13 (11/24-28)

Tuesday 11/25, 2-4:45pm: Design Project Clinic V
Thursday 11/27, College Closed - Have A Happy & Safe Thanksgiving!

Week 14 (12/01-05)

Tuesday 12/02, 2-4:45pm: Design Project Team Activities
Thursday 12/04, 2-4:45pm: Design Project Clinic VI: Design Project Reviews

Week 15 (12/08-12)

Tuesday 12/09, 2-4:45pm: FPGA Design Synthesis software Demonstration
Thursday 12/11, 2-4:45pm: Design Project Team Activities

Week 16 (12/15-19)

Tuesday 12/16, 2-4:45pm: Design Project Team Activities
Thursday 12/18, 2-4:45pm: Final Project Presentations

End of Fall-2003 Semester

Good Luck with Graduation and Job Hunting!

Grading Policy

Attendance: 15%
Technical Journal: 15%
Peer Review & Team Work: 15%
Final Report & Presentation: 25%
Project Completion: 30%