CprE 588

Embedded Computer Systems

Spring 2009

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Related Courses

University of California-Irvine, EECS 222A - Fall 2007 (link)
University of Texas at Austin, EE 382V - Fall 2008 (link)
University of California-Los Angeles, EE 201A - Spring 2003 (link)
Columbia University, CSEE 4840 - Spring 2007 (link)
University of California-Berkeley, EE 249 - Fall 2004 (link)
Stony Brook University, ESE 566 - Fall 2005 (link)
Iowa State University, CprE 488 - Fall 2007 (link)
Iowa State University, CprE 588 - Spring 2006 (link)

Useful Links

University of California-Irvine, "The SpecC System" (link)
University of California-Berkeley, "Metropolis: Design Environment for Heterogeneous Systems" (link)
The Open SystemC Initiative (link)
Xilinx Platform Studio and the EDK (link)
CoWare Platform Architect (link)
Design Automation Conference (DAC)
Design, Automation & Test in Europe (DATE)
Embedded Systems Week (ESWEEK)

Documentation

Getting Started with SystemC
SystemC Version 2.0 User's Guide
Functional Specification for SystemC 2.0, Version 2.0-Q
Accessing and Using the SpecC Compiler
SpecC Language Reference Manual, Version 2.0
Accessing and Using the SCE Environment
SCE Specification Model Reference Manual, Version 2.2.0 beta
System-on-Chip Environment (SCE) Tutorial, Version 2.2.0 beta (errata)
WISHBONE System-on-Chip (SoC) Interconnection Architecture for Portable IP Cores, Revision B.3
AMBA Specification, Revision 2.0
Stretch S5530 Data Sheet, Version 1.2
Stretch S5000 Development Tools Quick Start Guide, Version 1.1
Stretch Color Space Conversion Application Note, Version 1.4

Other

Digital camera example code
Parity checker example SpecC code
JPEG encoder example SpecC code
Vocoder example SpecC code
MP3 decoder example SpecC code
Digital camera example SpecC code
Color space conversion example Stretch code
Digital camera example SystemC code
SystemC Examples