COMPSYS 701 : Advanced Digital Systems Design
Engineering
2024 Semester One (1243) (15 POINTS)
Course Prescription
Course Overview
Capabilities Developed in this Course
| Capability 3: | Knowledge and Practice |
| Capability 4: | Critical Thinking |
| Capability 5: | Solution Seeking |
| Capability 6: | Communication |
Learning Outcomes
- Understand and apply techniques for modelling complex digital systems at different levels of abstraction and trade-off between the accuracy of the model and simulation speed (Capability 3.1, 4.2 and 5.1)
- Analyse and use main concepts in digital systems design which include techniques such as parallelism, pipelining, resource sharing and scheduling to achieve the required level of performance based on the specified design constraints (Capability 3.1, 5.1 and 6.1)
- Use electronic design automation (EDA) tools and hardware description language (VHDL) to employ advanced techniques to design a complex digital system for FPGA implementation (Capability 3.2 and 5.1)
- Apply advanced techniques to satisfy resource and timing constraints in FPGA based systems especially timing closure of complex digital systems (Capability 3.1, 3.2 and 5.1)
- Understand and apply the optimisation techniques for application specific systems implemented as Multiprocessor System on Chip (MPSoC) (Capability 3.1, 3.2 and 5.1)
- Analyse the research trends and do research in the area of complex digital systems and systems on chip using a selected case study (Capability 3.2, 4.1, 4.2 and 6.1)
Assessments
| Assessment Type | Percentage | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Project | 60% | Group Coursework |
| Assignments | 40% | Individual Coursework |
| 2 types | 100% |
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcome Addressed | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| Project | ||||||||||
| Assignments | ||||||||||
Workload Expectations
This course is a standard 15 point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week in average involved in each 15 point course that they are enrolled in. This includes study break weeks.
For each week in this course, you can expect 2 hours of lectures, one hour of tutorial and/or labs, and the remaining hours are supposed to be used for reading, thinking, designing parts of the systems, writing reports and demonstrating your solutions to the class.
Delivery Mode
Campus Experience
Attendance is required at scheduled activities including labs to complete components of the course.
Lectures will be available as recordings. Other learning activities including labs will not be available as recordings.
The course will not include live online events.
Attendance on campus is also required for project assessments.
The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable.
Learning Resources
Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).
Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.
Health & Safety
Health and safety conditions when using MDLS and/or ECSE research labs require certificate of passing induction training. Students must ensure they are familiar with their Health and Safety responsibilities, as described in the university's Health and Safety policy
Student Feedback
At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.
Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.
Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.
Other Information
Academic Integrity
The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed for potential plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct, using computerised detection mechanisms.
Class Representatives
Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.
Inclusive Learning
All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.
Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz
Special Circumstances
If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.
If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.
This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.
Learning Continuity
In the event of an unexpected disruption, we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and course assessment continues to meet the principles of the University’s assessment policy. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator/director, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the university website for information about how to proceed.
Student Charter and Responsibilities
The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.
Disclaimer
Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.
In this course students may be asked to submit coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. In exceptional circumstances changes to elements of this course may be necessary at short notice. Students enrolled in this course will be informed of any such changes and the reasons for them, as soon as possible, through Canvas.