- Basic VHDL
- Testbenches
- Synthesis with VHDL
- Software tools: simulators and synthesis tools
- Programmable circuits (PLD, FPGA och ASIC)
- Design methods
IL1331 VHDL Design 7.5 credits
This course will be discontinued.
Last planned examination: Autumn 2026
Decision to discontinue this course:
The course will be discontinued at the end of the autumn semester 2027 according to the faculty board decision: J-2024-2529.
Decision date: 2024-11-12
The course is given for the last time in the autumn semester 2023. The last opportunity for examination in the course is given in the autumn semester 2026.
Contact the examiner to be examined during the discontinuation period.
VHDL design, design, analysis, simulation, and synthesis in digital electronics.
Information per course offering
Course offerings are missing for current or upcoming semesters.
Course syllabus as PDF
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Course syllabus IL1331 (Autumn 2024–)Headings with content from the Course syllabus IL1331 (Autumn 2024–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )
Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
Intended learning outcomes
Design and evaluation of digital designs with the hardware description language VHDL using modern software tools.
The student should learn how to:
- model digital systems in VHDL at different levels of abstraction
- partition a digital system into different subsystems
- simulate and verify a design
- transfer a design from a version possible to simulate to a version possible to synthesize
- use modern software tools for digital design in VHDL
- describe principal parts in programmable circuits (PLD, FPGA, ASIC) and describe how small designs are implemented in programmable circuits
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
Basic knowledge corresponding to the courses IE1204/IE1205 Digital Design and IS1200 Computer Hardware Engineering.
Literature
You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.
Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Examination
- LAB1 - Laboratory Work, 4.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
- TEN1 - Examination, 3.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
Course room in Canvas
Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.
Offered by
Main field of study
Electrical Engineering, Technology
Education cycle
First cycle
Supplementary information
Replaced by IL1332 from HT23.