The unsw/elec2041 directory contains
information specifically for ELEC2041 Microprocessors and
Interfacing. In particular, you can find the full text of the
experiments you will be doing in the Digital Systems Laboratory; see the
Laboratory Manual below to access these.
Please Note: This version of the
Companion CD-ROM does not contain the lecture notes
for ELEC2041 Microprocessors and Interfacing: you can obtain these notes
and other course-specific information from the ELEC2041 Web
site.
You should take the time to familiarise yourself with the contents of
this CD-ROM. In particular, you will find the information in this unsw/elec2041 directory and in the unsw/common directory most
useful. If at all possible, you should read through at least some of the
example programs — these
will definitely help you with your ARM assembly language programming. And
all of the other directories on this CD-ROM are also worth
investigating!
The Laboratory Manual
This Companion CD-ROM contains the complete Laboratory
Manual for ELEC2041 Microprocessors and Interfacing. The actual
laboratory experiments are in this directory; the appendices may be found
in other directories on this CD-ROM. For your convenience, the complete
Laboratory Manual is shown in tabular format. Please note that you will
need Adobe Acrobat Reader (or
another PDF viewer) installed on your computer to be able to read these
documents:
Please note that you will need to refer to other documents and
directories apart from those listed above! In particular, each experiment
has its own source code directory that you will need to use;
these directories are listed in the following table. In addition, all
experiments come with a page(s) of typical questions: you should answer these
questions as part of your Laboratory preparation, as you will almost
certainly be asked one or more of them.
If you like, you may install the software on this CD-ROM onto your home
computer. This will allow you to use the simulator to do parts
of your experiments outside of the Laboratory. Simply follow the list of
steps in the Getting Started section
of the main README.html file.
Please note: You do not have to
install the Xilinx FPGA Tools for this course; you only need the GNU Tools.
Please note that although the source code and
precompiled binaries for linux to the Komodo debugger is available, it is
not supported for use outside the Laboratory at the present time.
In other words, although you can follow the instructions to install Komodo for
binaries or the
source code, on your
system, “if it breaks, you get to keep both pieces”!
This may change in the future; please make sure you check the Digital Systems Laboratory Web Server for
any updates.
Using the Checking Scripts
You can use the checking scripts in the unsw/elec2041/checking directory to help
check whether your programs for Experiments 2 and 3 work correctly.
Remember, however, that even if your program passes the checking script,
it does not mean that it is correct and without bugs! (See the
challenge in Experiment 1 Task 3 for an example of this). Furthermore,
these scripts are not supported for use outside the
Laboratory.
In order to use these checking scripts successfully, you need to ensure
that you have the Expect package installed on your system. How to do so
is beyond the scope of this note; a good way to check if it is installed
is to type “expect -v”: if the result is similar to
“expect version
5.x.y” (for some
x and y), then you have the necessary program. If
not, consult expert help…
To actually use these checking scripts, simply mount the CD-ROM as usual and run
the appropriate script. For example, to check if your program works for
Experiment 3 Checkpoint 1, type the following at the Linux shell
prompt:
Please note that there is a bug in the cygwin version of the Expect package
and, therefore, the marking scripts do not run under the cygwin platform.
$
/mnt/cdrom/unsw/elec2041/checking/checkit-exp3-1
Please note that the “$” indicates the Linux
shell prompt: you don’t type it in. This command also assumes that
you have already mounted this CD-ROM on your computer, and that the
mount point (where the CD-ROM can be found within the file
system) is /mnt/cdrom; see the instructions for mounting the
CD-ROM for more details.
Updates
This Companion CD-ROM may be updated at any
time. Please make every effort to keep up-to-date by regularly
checking the Companion
CD-ROM Web site for any updates,
changes, corrections and additions. In particular, you should always
check that site before starting any particular laboratory
experiment!
If you find any problems with this CD-ROM, please let your lecturer
know. Alternatively, you might like to contact Saeid Nooshabadi
(the maintainer of this CD-ROM) directly by sending
e-mail to saeid@unsw.edu.au. You can send any comments,
suggestions and corrections to either your lecturer, Dr. Saeid Nooshabadi,
or to John Zaitseff.
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