ECE 473
Computer Architectue & Organization

1. Project description ()
   • One-bit adder()
   • Four-bit Adder()
2. Quartus II Software
   • Download Quartus II Web Edition Software
   • Application for Quartus II Web Edition Licence
3. Resources and Tutorials:
   • Tutorial: Creating a Busline (by Prof. Yifeng Zhu) ()
   • Tutorial of Using Quartus II (by Prof. Z .G. Vranesic) ()
   • Tutorial on Simulation (by Stephen Hines) ()
   • Altera Training Courses (Many courses are free to access through the Internet.)
   • Quartus II supports Schematic Design, VHDL, Verilog. This project focuses on the training of using schematic design. The following are tutorials on
     • Schematic Design in Quartus II ()
     • VHDL in Quartus II ()
     • Verilog in Quartus II ()

1. Project 2 Description ()
2. espresso for Boolean Minimization (espresso.exe). A MS-DOS program. To run it in Windows, click Start, run, type "cmd". And then go the directory where espresso.exe is stored. You can find its description here.
3. References
   • HITACHI HD44780 Dot Matrix LCD Module
   • DE2 Pin Table ()
   • Appendix B The Basics of Logic Design ()
   • Appendix C Mapping Control to Hardware ()

1. Project description ()
2. It is recommended to use Perl to write the assembler. Here is a Perl tutorial (Color: , Black&White: )
3. Resources and Tutorials:
   • DE2 Resources
     • Altera DE2 website
     • Altera DE2 Demos
   • top.qsf (configuration data for DE2) and DE2_Top project file ()
   • DE2 PIN assignment comma separated value (csv) format file (DE2_pin_assignments.csv). This file format is often used in conjunction with the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet program, but the file can also be created by hand using any plain ASCII text editor. You can import a pin assignment by choosing Assignments -> Import Assignments.
   • DE2 Pin Table (),
   • DE2 Schematic (),
   • DE2 User Manual (),
   • DE2 datasheets
   • DE2 resources (Georgia Tech)
   • RAM Megafunction User Guide ()
   • Using the SDRAM Memory on Altera’s DE2 Board with Verilog Design ()
   • Using the SDRAM Memory on Altera’s DE2 Board with VHDL Design ()
   • Verilog Tutorial
   • How to control a HD44780-based Character-LCD
   • Ram Megafunction User Guide (from altera.com)