Course details

Peripheral Devices

IPZ Acad. year 2017/2018 Winter semester 4 credits

Current academic year

The attention is paid especially to the principles of construction and control of peripheral devices (disc memories, monitors, graphic adapters) and their controllers. The inclusion of peripheral device controller into the computer architecture, communication with processor.The attention is also paid to the description and utilisation of system and I/O buses of computers for the control of peripheral oprations: communication on the bus, principles of bus allocation, DMA, interrupt requests. Disc memories, recording methods, the construction of disc memory, parameters, communication between controller and disc memory, register model of disc memory. Displays, graphic adapters and their structure, development stages. The principles of communication between peripheral device controller and a peripheral device, examples of interfaces: parallel ATA, serial ATA, USB, Firewire, SCSI.

Guarantor

Kotásek Zdeněk, doc. Ing., CSc.

Language of instruction

Czech, English

Completion

Examination (written)

Time span

  • 35 hrs lectures
  • 4 hrs laboratories

Assessment points

  • 66 pts final exam (written part)
  • 30 pts mid-term test (written part)
  • 4 pts labs

Department

Department of Computer Systems (UPSY)

Subject specific learning outcomes and competences

Students will learn how to utilize knowledge gained by studying hardware oriented courses dealing with the construction of computer systems. They will become acquainted with both classical and modern technologies of controlling peripheral devices together with the construction of peripheral devices. They will learn how to utilize this information for other activities like the design of external adapters or developing drivers of peripheral devices. They will be provided with the information on trends in peripheral devices design and their utilization in computer systems.

Learning objectives

To develop the knowledge gained in the courses dealing with the construction of computers, to present the principles of communication between processor and peripheral devices controllers. To describe principles of system buses, primarily PCI and PCI Express. To explain principles of controlling peripheral operations together with some types of peripheral interfaces (HDD interfaces, SCSI bus, USB, Firewire). To provide students with the information on principles of constructing peripheral devices (HDD, monitors, printers).

Recommended prerequisites

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

The knowledge of digital circuits construction and the components of computers. The knowledge of basic principles of communication on system buses.  

Study literature

Fundamental literature

  • Douglas Comer: Essentials of Computer Architecture, Second Edition, CRC Press, 2017 
  • Jan Axelson: USB Complete: The Developer's Guide, Fifth Edition, 2015, ISBN‎ 978-1931448284, 524 stran

Syllabus of lectures

  • The Types of Peripheral Devices, Their Function in a Computer System.
  • Peripheral Device Controller, Communication with Processor.
  • System Buses.
  • PCI, PCI Express.
  • Graphic Adapters, Monitors.
  • AGP Bus.
  • Printers, the Construction and Control.
  • IDE, SATA and SCSI Buses.
  • Hard Disc Drives, Recording Methods, HDD Control.
  • USB, FireWire.
  • Optical Memories, Recording Methods.
  • Plotters, Digitizers, Scanners.
  • Principles of Communication in Technology Environment.

Syllabus of laboratory exercises

  • Disc structure.
  • USB analysis.

Progress assessment

Study evaluation is based on marks obtained for specified items. Minimimum number of marks to pass is 50.

Controlled instruction

  • Lab tutorials: 4 points
  • Mid-term written exam: 30 points
  • Final written exam: 66 points

 

Course inclusion in study plans

  • Programme IT-BC-3, field BIT, 2nd year of study, Elective
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