Course details
Peripheral Devices
IPZ Acad. year 2020/2021 Winter semester 3 credits
The attention is paid especially to the principles of construction and control of peripheral devices (disc memories, monitors, graphics adapters) and their controllers. The inclusion of the peripheral device controller into the computer architecture, communication with the processor. The attention is also paid to the description and utilisation of the system and I/O buses of computers for the control of peripheral operations: 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, graphics adapters and their structure, development stages. The principles of communication between the peripheral device controller and a peripheral device, examples of interfaces: parallel ATA, serial ATA, USB, Firewire, SCSI.
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Time span
- 26 hrs lectures
- 4 hrs laboratories
Assessment points
- 66 pts final exam (written part)
- 30 pts mid-term test (written part)
- 4 pts labs
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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 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 the principles of controlling peripheral operations together with some types of peripheral interfaces (HDD interfaces, SCSI bus, DVI, USB, Firewire). To provide students with information on principles of constructing peripheral devices (HDD, monitors).
Why is the course taught
The course provides students with practical information from the area of peripheral devices, their controller's construction and buses. They will use this knowledge during their studies and in praxis.
Recommended prerequisites
- Digital Systems Design (INC)
- Design of Computer Systems (INP)
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
- Kotásek, Z.: Texts of lectures in electronic form. Study support available at: http://www.fit.vutbr.cz/study/courses/IPZ/public/
- William Buchanan: Applied PC, Interfacing, Graphics and Interrupts, Addison-Wesley, 1996, Anglie, ISBN 0-201-87728-7, 383 page.
- Tom Shanley: PCI-X System Architecture, Addison-Wesley, 2004, Anglie, ISBN 0201726823, 688 pages.
- Dave Coleman, Scott Gardiner, Mohammad Kolbehdari, Stephen Peters: PCI Express Electrical Interconnect Design, INTEL PRESS, 2004, ISBN 0-9743649-9-1, 280 pages.
- John Hyde: USB Design by Example, INTEL PRESS, 2001, ISBN 0-9702846-5-9, 510 pages.
- Friedhelm Schmidt: SCSI Bus & IDE Interface, Addison-Wesley, 1998, Anglie, ISBN 0-201-17514-2, 396 pages.
- Knut Grimsrud, Hubbert Smith: Serial ATA Storage Architecture and Applications, INTEL PRESS, 2006, ISBN 0-9717861-8-6, 357 pages.
- Don Anderson: SATA Storage Technology, Mindshare Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-9770878-1-5, 463 pages.
- Bruce Jacob, Spencer W. Ng, David T. WAng: Memory Systems, Cache, Dram, Disk, Elsevier, 2008, ISBN 978-0-12-379751-3, 981 pages.
- Burkhard Kainka: Měření, řízení a regulace pomocí sběrnice USB, BEN, 2002, ISBN 80-7300-073-3 (in Czech).
- Michael Gook: Hardwarová rozhraní, Computer Press, 2006, ISBN 80-251-1019-2, 463 stran (in Czech).
- Hans-Peter Messmer: The Indispensable PC Hardware Book, Addison-Wesley, 1997, Anglie, ISBN 0-201-40399-4, 1384 pages.
- Linda Null, Julia Lobur: The Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture, Jones and Bartlett Publishers International, 2006, ISBN 978-0-7637-3769-6, 799 pages.
- Liza Wallach Kloski; Nick Kloski: Začínáme s 3D tiskem: Praktická příručka k hardwaru i softwaru k ovládnutí 3D tisku, Computer Press 2017, 216 stran (in Czech).
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
- Computer architecture, peripheral devices.
- Peripheral device controller, the communication with the processor.
- The principles of system bus construction.
- System bus assignment.
- Disc memory, the principles of its control.
- Disc memory, the principles of recording data, disc structure.
- IDE bus, SATA bus.
- SCSI bus.
- RAID architectures.
- Graphics adapters, displays.
- AGP bus, DVI interface.
- PCI and PCI Express buses.
- USB bus, FireWire bus.
Syllabus of laboratory exercises
- Disc structure.
- USB analysis.
Progress assessment
- Lab tutorials: 4 points.
- Mid-term written exam: 30 points.
- Minimum semestral activity score is not specified.
- Final written exam: 66 points.
Controlled instruction
Laboratories will be possible to be passed during the following weeks.
Course inclusion in study plans