National Technical University of Ukraine — Kiev Polytechnic Institute (NTUU "KPI"), laboratory of digital technologies at the chair of design of electronic-digital equipment (DEDEC) of the electronics faculty

FOR LECTURERS AND STUDENTS OF NTUU « KPI »

WELCOME TO OUR SEMINARS

- The Quartus II Software Design Series: Foundation
- The Quartus II Software Design Series: Verification
- The Quartus II Software Design Series: Optimization
- The Quartus II Software Design Series: Timing Analysis
- Introduction to Verilog & Advanced Verilog Design

- Introduction to VHDL
- Designing with the Nios II Processor and SoPC Builder
- Designing with DSP Builder

- Designing with DSP Builder Advanced

Dates and terms of next seminars on russian part of site.

Information about seminars +38(044) 4549538, 4549363.

Antonyuk Aleksandr Igorevitch.

arranged in the official training Center of ALTERA COMPANY on the following topics:

1. Principles of Design in QUARTUS II medium:

evolution of projects;
methods for generation of initial files of the project;
compilation of projects and analysis of the compilation results
project assignments (time-charts and input/output pads' assignments)
analysis of the project implementation time..

2. Analysis of projects in the QUARTUS II medium:

the built-in simulator of QUARTUS II medium;
potentialities of project's debugging with the aid of SignalProbe utility;
the SignalTap II built-in logical analyzer;
specifications of the built-in Resource Property Editor.

3. The built-in processor core NIOS II:

hardware design of the NIOS II processor core;
preparation and debugging of software for NIOS II core;
simulation
connection of peripheral devices and preparation of user's manuals.

4. The essentials of Verilog language:

basic structural features of Verilog language;
Verilog constructions used in simulation;
description of delays in Verilog language;
creation of projects in Quartus II medium and Verilog language.

Every training course includes five lessons (4 hours each) and consists of a theoretical and a practical part based on modules Cyclone Nios Development Board. The lessons are conducted in building 12 (faculty of electronics) of NTUU “KPI”, in groups 10 people each, from 16-00 to 20-00.

Beginning of the lessons: 3 November 2008

Telephone for communications: 454-95-38, Antonyuk Aleksandr Igorevitch.

Main lines of Laboratory's activities

– training of bachelors, magisters, and specialists ordered by enterprises, with specialization according to the following platforms of “electronic” education:
– organization of workshops for training of the enterprise specialists in contemporary methods and means for designing the devices and systems based on the above platforms;
– fulfillment of projects on a turnkey basis with the use of the following "electronic" platforms:

1. Design of programmable logic ICs of "Altera" company;

MAXII

Stratix II

Cyclone II

2. RISC-microcontrollers of MSP series produced by Texas Instruments;

3. DSP-processors of families С24х (F243, LF2407), С28х (F2812), and С55х (С5510) produced by Texas Instruments;

4. AVR RISC-microcontrollers made by Atmel company;

5. Precise measuring microcontrollers of the MSC12xx family made by Texas Instruments company;

6. ZigBee wireless technologies in conformity woth IEEE 802.15.4 standard based on Chipcon - Texas Instruments radio-modems;

7. Development and promotion of WEB-applications.

The Laboratory includes an official Center of training in the products of the "Altera" company in Ukraine and the training premises for the Texas Instruments and Atmel companies.

The official Training Center of the Altera company in Ukraine, functioning on the base of the training-and-scientific laboratory of digital technologies at the chair of design of electronic-digital equipment (DEDEC) of the electronics faculty in National Technical University of Ukraine — Kiev Polytechnic Institute (NTUU "KPI") offers the permanently acting courses of training in design of logic integrated circuits of the Altera company on the following topics:

• Designing with the Quartus II Software for CPLD
• Designing with the NIOS II Processor and SOPC Builder
• Introduction to VHDL
• Introduction to Verilog HDL
• Designing with Cyclone & Cyclone II Devices
• Designing with Stratix II Devices
• Analyzing Designs Using Mentor Grafphic's ModelSim-Altera
• Simulation Tool

The laboratory practicals must be performed by each student personally in the Quartus II ver. 7.2 medium with the use of NIOS Development Kit Cyclone Edition modules. The learning volume is 20 hours.

We provide the textbooks issued by the company and adapted by the university lecturers. Upon graduation from the courses the participants will obtain the ALTERA firm certificates.

Contact telephones: 454-9538 (454-9363) — Alexander Lysenko;

E-mail: lysenko@pson.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua

THE NAME OF THE BASIC COURSE "Design technology of programmable logic ICs of ALTERA company in QUARTUS II medium"

Individual courses

Our laboratory performs teaching specialists of enterprises (and other people interested in the topics) in the issues related to design of digital devices and systems based on the following platforms:

1. Mocropower RISC microcontrollers, series MSP430, made by Texas Instruments company, in the “Kickstart” integrated design medium.

2. Single-chip AVR RISC microcontrollers produced by the “Atmel” company, in the “AVR Studio” and/or “IAR Systems” integrated design media.

3. DSP - processors, families TMS 320 C 24 x, TMS 320 C 28 x, and TMS 320 C 55 x, produced by Texas Instruments, in the “Code Composer Studio” integrated design medium.

The course of learming may be conducted either individually or in a group — in accordance with the basic (typical) or peculiar program approved by Customer. The studies include mastering the necessary tools in the form of Starter Kits estimation modules.

The term of learning is 7 to 10 days (depending on the learning curriculum and the level of initial knowledge of the person to be learned).

Contact telephones: 454-9538 (454-9363) — Alexander Lysenko;

E-mail: lysenko@pson.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua

01.09.2009
During the autumn semester of the 2009/2100 school-year, the lectures and laboratory works on the following disciplines shall take place for the 6-year masters of DEDEC chair
:- Designing of “systems-on-chip”,
- Electronic computational facilities around digital signal processors,
- Technical vision systems.

7-8.06.2009
Four master thesis works have been successfully completed by the 6 th year masters at the laboratory of digital technologies of the digital equipment design chair in NTUU “KPI”. The topics of the works performed are as follows:

Fuzzy algorithms for controlling DC commutatorless motors (based on DSP platform, type C24X produced by Texas Instruments);
Realization of video signal processing algorithms with the use of a system-on-chip (implemented around the Cyclone II platform produced by Altera company and a module, type DE 2);
Realization of audiological procedures based DSP technologies (implemented around DSP TMS 320 VC 5510 produced by Texas Instruments and a module, type DSK C 5510);
A measuring system based on DSP-microcontroller, type TMS 320 F 2812 (implemented around a module, type DSK eZdsp F 2812 produced by Texas Instruments);

The defence was accompanied by practical demonstration of acting pilot prototypes of the algorithmic and circuit decisions proposed. Additional information on the designs may be obtained in the laboratory (building 12, room 339).
In more detail: http://keoa.kpi.ua/go/cPath/20835_20859/index.htm

12.05.2009
The list of training courses offered by the official Training Center for technologies of PLIC design of the Altera company. The Center, acting on the base of the Laboratory, announces two new courses: “Designing with DSP Builder v .9.0” and “Designing with DSP Builder Advanced v .9.0”.

17.04.2009
Presentation of the training-and-research laboratory of digital technologies was conducted within the framework of the 7th all-Ukrainian student contest named “Programming of microprogrammed automata and microcontroller systems”. The presentation was arranged for leaders of participant teams of the Olympiad and demonstrated the potentialities and resources of the laboratory.

18.03.2009
Two new courses are prepared for training in the sphere of technology of designing of digital systems based on single-chip RISC microcontrollers, families AVR AT 90 (Atmel company) and MSP 430 (Texas Instruments):

– Architecture and programming of RISC М C AVR AT 90 made by Atmel Company
– Architecture and programming of RISC М C MSP 430 by Texas Instruments.

03.02.2009

Within the framework of joint Korean-Ukrainian project aimed at creation (at NTUU “KPI”) of a modern Center for training in IT-technologies, a meeting of the laboratory employees with technical experts in SoC (System-on-Chip) technologies of the KOICA Korean company was held. The guests familiarized with contemporary SoC and DSP technologies (available at the laboratory) based on the products of well-known companies such as Altera and Texas Instruments (the U.S.A.).

For detailed information of the presentation, click here [2,3 Mb]

On the photo: Mr Ando Ki, leading expert, PhD, director of R&D Center of Dynalith Systems Co., Ltd., (in the left), and A. N. Lysenko, chief of the Laboratory of digital technologies, Doctor of Technical Science, Chief of the DEDEC chair at NTUU “KPI” (in the right).

16.11.2008
We inform all potential attendants of the training courses that, beginning from December, 2008, execution of laboratory works during the lessons will be conducted interactively, with the use of a special interactive board produced by Promethean company (Great Britain).

16.10.2008
The Laboratory received at last the debugging module, type TMDSVDP 6437, made by Texas Instruments company. This module makes it possible to deploy in the laboratory the work on practical realization of newly developed algorithms of digital processing of video signals and pattern recognition based on the DaVinci™ Digital Media Processors TMS320DM643x platform.

08.10.2008
The laboratory acquired a kit of estimation modules, type MSP-EXP430FG4618, with MSP-FET430UIF USB-programmer, produced by Texas Instruments, and initiated the work on their testing. The modules are fabricated based on two chips of widely-known 16-bit RISC microcontrollers, type MSP430FG4518 and MSP430F2013. In addition to wide spectrum of outer periphery, the controllers include a socket for connecting external radio-modems, families CC1100, CC1101, CC1150, CC2500, CC2550, & CC2420 (Texas Instruments), useful in various wireless, particularly, ZigBee-compatible applications.

Based on the above equipment, we are planning to install (by the end of this year) several working places used in the “Peripheral devices” discipline included in the curriculum of the 5th-year for students of DEDEC department at the faculty of electronics.

05.09.2008
The laboratory is involved in mastering of recently obtained 2-MHz USB PC-functional generators, type PCGU 1000, made by Velleman company (USA), with frequency range 0.01 Hz – 2 MHz.

16.08.2008
The laboratory of digital technologies acquired a desk-top milling-and-engraving machine, type Sungraf XS-3 (Russia), which permits to resolve a whole number of design problems, particularly, prompt prototyping of printed-circuit boards.

15.07.2008
We inform you about changing our address.

Now you can find us in room 339, building 12, faculty of electronics of NTUU “KPI”, 16 Politekhnicheskaya st.
As before, our telephone is 454-95-38.

25.06.2008
We inform all readers of the “CHIP News Ukraina” journal, and the designers, who are interested in applications of DSP technologies, series C28x, offered by Texas Instruments company, that the stock of learning materials on DSP-processors of this family will be published as a separate book including 10 lessons in December 2008.

Telephone for immediate communications: 454-95-38, Antonyuk Aleksandr Igorevitch.

26.05.2008
The official training Center of ALTERA company in Ukraine obtained the DE2 module, made by ALTERA company, whose main part is a Cyclone II programmable logic IC. The module is designed specially for systems dealing with processing of audio and video signals. The work on testing the module is in progress.

18.03.2008
The laboratory members and lecturers of the department of design of electronic computational equipment at faculty of electronics in NTUU “KPI” issued “The open letter to editorial board of the CHIP News Ukraina” journal”. The letter, published in No.2, 2008, considers some issues of training of high-skilled specialists for electronic industry by the higher school of Ukraine.
We invite to our dialogue all those interested in the problem.

04.03.2008
The laboratory prepared and sent to General Motors company (USA) a technical proposal concerning three lines of scientific-technical co-operation in conformity with the extended List of R&D in the sphere of interest of the company (tracking drives based on series C2000 DSP, recognition of speech signals based on series C5000 DSP, and analysis of images and pattern recognition with the use of creative methods).

14.02.2008
A. Antonyuk and A. Lysenko, members of the laboratory, issued an article called “A brief description of architecture of Digital Signal Processor (DSP), type TNS320F2812, Texas Instruments company”. The paper is published in “CHIP News Ukraina” journal, No.1, 2008, and is first in the series of the learning materials on DSP-processor produced by Texas Instruments.

25.12.2007
From the beginning of year 2008, the design-center of the DEDEC chair of the faculty of electronics, based on the laboratory of digital technologies, starts its work. The main lines of the Center activity are given here.

19.12.2007
Beginning from February, 2008, within the framework of the joint project (in co-operation with the GRAND company), we are planning to publish, in the “Chip News Ukraine”, the learning materials on DSP-processors fabricated by Texas Instruments, in the form of two cycles of papers 10 lessons each, covering the following topics:

– family C28x with DSP-processor TMS320F2812 — 1-2 quarter of 2008.

– family C55x with DSP-processor TMS320VC5510 — 3-4 quarter of 2008.

22.10.2007
28 November 2007, an international scientific-technical seminar named “Hardware Design & Verification in Ukraine” will be held in building No. 12, of Faculty of Electronics, NTUU “KPI”. Organizers: the Chair of design of electronic computational equipment, Faculty of Electronics, NTUU “KPI” and VERIXIOM company (the U.S.A.). Reporter: O. Petlin, Ph.D. (VERIXIOM). Beginning at 16 o'clock.

20.10.2007
13 November 2007, from 9-00 to 16-00, an international scientific-technical seminar “Designing of digital devices in PLIC produced by ALTERA company” will be held in the main building of NTUU “KPI”. The agenda, mdin reporters, and organizers of the seminal are given in the announcement attached.

28.09.2007
A manual for laboratory works on the subject “Electronic computational facilities based on digital signal processors” (in Ukrainian) has been prepared for publishing within NTUU “KPI”. The manual title: Digital signal processors TMS320C24x produced by Texas Instruments. Part 2 — I/O ports, ADC, timer and interruption.

01.06.2007
The certified Training Center of the ALTERA company in Ukraine is planning to conduct, for foreign specialists, a two-day training named “Analyzing Designs Using Mentor Grafphic's ModelSim-Altera Simulation Tool”.

24.04.2007
The Laboratory took part in the work of a TI conference for designers named “TI Developer Conference”, held in Moscow in 2007.

28.03.2007
The Laboratory members took part in the work of the single-day seminar named “The prospects of development of Hardware Design in Ukraine” held in Kiev under the patronage of the “Ukrainskaya Hi-Tech Initsiativa” alliance.

26.02.2007
The Laboratory staff congratulates its chief Alexander Nikolayevitch Lysenko with his appointment as the head of the department of design and production of electronic digital equipment (DEDEC) of the Faculty of Electronics in NTUU (KPI).

06.11.2006
An electronic manuscript titled "Introduction to Quartus II (version 5.0) " (in Russian) has been prepared for publishing in 2008.

20.09.2006
A manual for laboratory works on the subject “Information processing facilities” (in Ukrainian) has been prepared for publishing within NTUU “KPI” framework. The malual title: Digital signal processors TMS320C24x produced by Texas Instruments. Part 1 — The Code Composer integrated design medium, logic and arithmetic oprations.

08.06.2006
The Laboratory staff congratulates its chief Alexander Nikolayevitch Lysenko with his successful presentation of doctor's thesis and awarding the scientific degree of Doctor of Technical Science in speciality 05.11.17 “Biological and medical devices and systems”.

17.05.2006
The Laboratory staff took part in the work of the single-day seminar named “A day of MSP430: An overview of microcontrollers of the MSP430 family produced by Texas Instruments company, held in Kiev in cooperation with the “Scanty” Ltd.

25.03.2006
The Laboratory has carried out approbation of the received kits MSC1200EVM of the MSC family produced by Texas Instruments company. The kits are employed in construction of a precise system of measurement of relative air pressure with the use of a pressure sensor, type MPX5010 (made by Motorola) and multicharacter liquid-crystal display 8x2 (made by Bolimin company).

30.01.2006
The Laboratory has developed a ZIG-Bee module whose main part is a radio-transceiver CC2420 (made by the Chipcon company, Norway) and a microcontroller MSP430F149 (Texas Instruments). The device specifications are included in the site.