ECE 354 Copyright C Andras Moritz, S. Kundu Big Picture for Lab 5

2 ECE 354 Copyright C Andras Moritz and ECE department Lab 5 Review with TA Understand interaction between hardware software Same functionality in Verilog & software Hardware and software integration process Combining manual and tool-generated modules Understand how to add your own Verilog module and modify top-level chip module Course Wrap-up Further courses Jobs in embedded systems Exam review Senior design project

3 ECE 354 Copyright C Andras Moritz and ECE department Jobs in embedded systems Further courses Where the jobs are in embedded systems? Front-end chip design Mixed signal Backend FPGA and ASIC platforms Firmware DLLs and device drivers Application level Preparing your resume What to do, what is important, how to position? Preparing for an interview Senior Design Project

4 ECE 354 Copyright C Andras Moritz and ECE department Exam Review 1. Embedded Processor Architectures and SOPC General questions about embedded systems NIOS SOPC

5 ECE 354 Copyright C Andras Moritz and ECE department Exam Review 2. Embedded Systems Implementation Cache TLB IO Interrupt handling 3. C Programming Skills Questions about debugging Basic knowledge in programming

6 ECE 354 Copyright C Andras Moritz and ECE department Exam Review 4. Networks OSI Layers Protocols 5. Operating Systems Process, threads Scheduling Memory layout Synchronization support