EE 3120: Digital Circuits Lab

LAB 1: COMBINATIONAL LOGIC DESIGN USING FPGAs

Objectives
The objectives of this laboratory assignment are:

· To get familiar with the Xilinx Foundation Series Tools for the design of logic circuits
described using an HDL.

· To understand and use Verilog HDL for the design of simple combinational logic
circuits.

· To learn how to implement combinational logic circuits using FPGA prototyping

boards.

Laboratory Instructions
· Create the Verilog source file(s) for your designs before coming to the lab. You can
use the Xilinx HDL editor or any text editor to create your files. Remember to bring
these files to the lab on a floppy disk, or to save these files on your home area.

· Create a directory with your name on your lab PC. Use this directory to create your
project, store your results, bitstreams, etc. during the lab session.

· Use the Xilinx software to create a new project in your directory on the C drive and
then copy your Verilog (.v) to that new project directory.

· Remember to add your Verilog file to this new project (see the EE3120 Laboratory
Tutorial.)

· Perform functional simulation of your design and have it checked by the lab
instructor or your TA before proceeding with the implementation. In case you
modify your original Verilog source file, remember to copy it back to your floppy disk,
or save it on your home area.

· If the circuit works as expected, implement it using the prototyping board assigned
to you.

· Use switches and LEDs to test and demonstrate your circuit to the lab instructor or
your TA.

· Before you leave the lab please remove any files or directories you created on your
lab PC (only if you used the local drive C) and leave your workplace at least as clean
and tidy as you found it.
Pre-lab Work (due at the start of this lab)

· Complete your design and its Verilog implementation and bring your Verilog program
on a floppy disk. You can use any text editor to create a Verilog file. If you have any
problems with Verilog syntax and other pre-lab related issues, please resolve
them with the instructor or your TA before coming to the lab. Your TA may not
be able to help you with these issues during the lab session.

· Simulate your designs and make sure they are working as per the given
specifications.

· At the start of this lab submit a hardcopy of all your Verilog programs and design
diagram (if any) to your TA or the lab instructor. This pre-lab work you submit will
be graded as a part of this laboratory assignment. Incorrect or incomplete designs
and Verilog programs will not receive full credit for pre-lab work.

Laboratory Report Instructions (due at the start of lab2)

· Your report should be typed and prepared as per the guidelines given on the EE 3120
web page

· For each design of this lab, submit the following:

· Details of any manual Boolean equation minimization or manipulation that was done
by you.

· Documented listing of your Verilog source file(s) with appropriate pin assignments in
the same or separate file(s).

· Simulation waveforms: Label the waveforms to indicate proper operation of your

circuit(s).
Design Problems
Using the Xilinx CAD tools, design, test and demonstrate combinational logic circuit(s)
which implement the following logic functions. You may implement all the functions
using one or multiple Verilog files. Your circuits should be as small as possible.

Notation:
+,| logic or a bar on top of a variable notates logic inversion (not)
& logic and ~ logic inversion (not)
^ logic xor
= equal
/= not equal
1. Manually minimize and implement the following functions:
· F (a, b, c)  ac  abc  bca  ba
· G(x,y,z) = x^y | y^z | x^ z

2. Use the Verilog compiler and the available logic synthesizer to minimize and
implement the following functions:

· H(v,w,x,y,z) = (/v | w) & x if y^z=0

(v ^ w) | /x if y /= z

· G

x y z G
0 0 0 0
0 0 1 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 1 1
1 0 0 0
1 0 1 0
1 1 0 0
1 1 1 1

3. Design the controller for a lawn sprinkler system. The controller accepts three inputs:
START, DRYNESS, and RAIN. It produces two outputs: ON, and FLOW. The
description of input/output signals is as follows:

· START = 1. Start sprinkler in the morning (ON=1), if and only if it is needed.

· DRYNESS : is a 2-bit input: 00 = too dry, 01 = dry, 10 = wet, and 11 = fully
watered.
· RAIN = 1. It is raining and the sprinkler should not be turned on.
· ON = 1. Turn on the sprinkler system.
· FLOW is a 2-bit output which controls the flow of water: 11 = maximum flow, 10
= medium flow, 01 = drip, and 00 = no flow.

The sprinkler system is turned on (set ON=1), if START =1. The lawn is not fully
watered and it is not raining. The output flow should be “maximum” when the lawn is too
dry, “medium when it is dry, and “drip” when it is wet. The sprinkler should be turned off
when the lawn is fully watered. Design this controller using Verilog and implement it on
the prototyping board.