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These web pages are the primary source for support material for modules that I deliver. If you are wondering why, then investigate the issue of software patents, the effect that they will have on your future, on open source software and the like. If, after investigation, you think that software patents are a bad thing then there is a petition that you can sign,via this logo. Also have a look at an alternative as used in a neighbouring city ;)

assignment news

key set-up scripts

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Directed study CPU and VHDL

Clocks and resets: part 1, part 2, part 3,

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SD Card Controller for NIOS II & SOPC_Builder

Altera's documentation for the SD card interface.

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New example code for FreeRTOS

Demonstrates queues with data structs and mutual exclusion for printing to console. Compiles but not tested. Also has 2 tasks playing with the LEDs. code. Use 'Save as' not copynpaste as the latter messes with the character set.

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Quick links to set-up scripts for all my modules

A number of my modules require customisation of your Linux/GNU environment. Downloadable scripts to automate the process are available here

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LCD Screen line 2 issues (embedded co-design)

Discussion of this problem, possible solutions & causes.

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User Manual for the Altera DE0 board

The pinouts for the new DE0 board. Details start on page 22 of the document (pdf page 25). Most of the rest of the document is irrelevant to non-windows users.

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Changing background colour in Emacs

M^x set-background-color (enter) colorname

The list of colornames is in one of the following locations

• /usr/share/emacs version/etc/rgb.txt
• /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt
• or just run the command: locate rgb.txt and see what it says

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Old News

General rules and guidance

1. Most of these scripts should ONLY be run ONCE.
2. Download scripts to your home folder unless otherwise specified
   • NOT the Desktop! If it ends up on the desktop then move it to your home folder
3. Make the file executable by any of the following methods
   • In a terminal window: chmod u+x script_file_name
   • ditto : chmod 700 script_file_name
   • Using the thunar file manager, right click file_name—› select Properties—› Permissions—›Program
   • Other file managers with similar behaviour may be available
4. Run the script from a terminal: ./script_file_name
5. Most of the applications set-up by the scripts will need to be launched from a terminal.

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The following script should only be run once. As stated above, you MUST either save it to your home folder or copy it to your home folder before executing it. Setting up Altera Quartus II

You will need to log out and back in again once the script has completed successfully. See the lab worksheets for further information.

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Download this script. Follow the instructions as above to make it executable and to run it. It will take a minute or two to complete. This script will create a new folder Altera_Systems_Labs along with a number of sub folders. Not all of the contents will be used by all of the above modules.

2011 Assignments

UFMEVP-20-2 CPU Architecture and VHDL:

• Individual coursework

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With thanks to the Slackware team whose excellent distribution can be found here