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University of Arizona
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
EDA Tools Laboratory
Course Information

 

 

 

 

 

12/28/04


This is a non-credit laboratory, intended to help students who wish to use modern design tools in completing their assignments and projects for other classes.


Announcements

 

General Information

  • Lab time and place:  ECE 226, times to be announced
  • Instructor:  Dr. David MacQuigg – macquigg at ece.arizona.edu
  • Webpage:  http://ece.arizona.edu/~edatools
  • Course Description:

Python is a modern object-oriented language ideal for engineers and non-computer scientists.  We will start with the basics of Python, then study some interesting examples of how this high-level, user-oriented language can be applied to the design of analog and digital circuits.

Lab Topics

  1. The Python Interpreter
  2. Basic Features of the Language
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  4. Python Objects
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  6. MyHDL – hardware description in Python
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  8. CDP – analog circuit design with Python
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  10. Python & the future of EDA

Textbooks / Help

Other Items

 

  • Link to old Cadence lab page