Ensaios de lógica reconfigurável com o kit Intel/DE10-Lite

Abstract

Certain computational processes, when executed sequentially on conventional computers, result in significantly slow processing times. Consequently, alternative methods have been developed to mitigate this slowness, one of which is reconfigurable computing. This technology offers several advantages, including flexibility and high execution speed. The realization of a circuit within the scope of reconfigurable computing necessitates a hardware description language, such as VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language), due to its inherent advantages and its status as an IEEE-recommended language. Given the growing importance of reconfigurable computing, the Pato Branco campus of the Federal University of Technology – Paraná (UTFPR) has acquired specific development kits for conducting experiments in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering programs. These kits are utilized in disciplines such as Digital Electronics, Digital Circuits, Digital Systems, and Reconfigurable Logic. This final course project aims to guide future students of these disciplines by presenting ten practical experiments. These experiments are categorized into: combinational circuits, sequential circuits, and finite state machines. All experiments were conceived with a didactic objective and, as such, have been thoroughly documented with functional descriptions, corresponding VHDL code, and accompanying video explanations.