Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Undergraduate Courses

ECE 101 Intro to Electrical & Computer
               Engineering
ECE 222 Intro to Digital Computation
ECE 225 Intro to Discrete Logic & Digital
               Systems
ECE 235 Electric Circuits
ECE 315 Mathematical Methods in
               Engineering
ECE 321 Intro to Software Engineering
ECE 327 Digital Circuit Design
ECE 329 Computer Organization & Design
ECE 345 Electronics
ECE 355 Signals & Systems
ECE 356 Systems & Control
ECE 375 Intro. to Electromagnetic Fields
ECE 385 Electromechanical Energy
               Conversion
ECE 421 Synthesis w/ Hardware
               Description Languages
ECE 422 Intro. to Data Communications
               Networks
ECE 423 Digital VLSI Design
ECE 424 Microprocessor-Based Systems
ECE 425 VLSI Design & Test Automation
ECE 428 Programmable ASICs Design
ECE 429 Computer Systems Architecture
ECE 440 CMOS Radio-Frequency
                Integrated Circuit Design I
ECE 441 Photonics I
ECE 446 Electronic Circuit Design
ECE 447 Electronic Devices
ECE 448 Photonics II
ECE 456 Embedded Control &
               Mechatronics
ECE 459 MEMS & Micro-Engineering
ECE 468 Digital Signal Processing
ECE 471 Wireless & Personal
               Communication Systems
ECE 472 Antennas I
ECE 476 Intro. to Broadband
               Communication Systems
ECE 477 Fields & Waves I
ECE 478 Analog & Digital Communication
ECE 479 Microwave Engineering I
ECE 483 Power Electronics
ECE 484 Computer-Aided Circuit Analysis
ECE 486 Electric Energy Sources
ECE 487 Power System Analysis
ECE 488 Power System Engineering
ECE 489 Electric Power Distribution
ECE 495a Electrical & Computer
               Engineering Design
ECE 495b Electrical & Computer
               Engineering Design
ENGR 101 Introduction to Engineering
ENGR 222 Computational Methods for
               Engineers & Tech
ENGR 304I History of American
               Technology
ENGR 335 Electric Circuits

ECE 421 Synthesis with Hardware Description Languages

Fundamental concepts, techniques, and tools for computer-aided design of simple digital systems. Modeling and simulation of digital systems using hardware description languages. Behavioral, data flow, and structural modeling. Synthesis, optimization, and verification.

Credit Hours: 4 (3 Lecture, 1 Laboratory)

Prerequisites: ECE 327

Textbooks:

“HDL Programming Fundamentals: VHDL and Verilog”, Nazeih M. Botros, DaVinci Engineering, 2005, ISBN: 1-58450-855-8.

“A VHDL Synthesis Primer, Second Edition”, J. Bhasker, Star Galaxy Publishing, 1998 (recommended, but not required), ISBN: 0-9650391-0-2.