A professional design layout and documentation methodology is enforced. The classes are divided between a short lecture and supervised laboratory. All the PCs in the lab have an FPGA development system attached to it. The development system is composed of two boards, the XS40 board and the XStend Board. The XS40 board connects to a PC through the parallel port.
Students submit their ideas to the instructor which evaluates the complexity of the problem.
The project plan includes a schedule with milestones and deadlines for completion of tasks. The instructor will be available in the laboratory during classes for consultation.