Corso di laurea magistrale in Fisica

Knowledge and Understanding
Students will acquire knowledge of digital electronics, signal acquisition, and signal processing, and the use of advanced technologies such as programmable logic.

Applying knowledge and understanding
Students will be able to understand and master acquisition systems and analysis of signals, to develop software for the purpose of applied research, such as the creation and implementation of digital filters.

Students will be able to design and implement digital filters, design combinatorial and sequential circuits in VHDL, and design and optimize finite state machines.

Making judgements

Students will be able to integrate knowledge and handle complexity, and formulate judgments with incomplete or limited information

Communication skills

Students will be able to communicate their conclusions, and the knowledge and rationale underpinning these, to specialist and non-specialist audiences clearly and unambiguously

Learning skills

Students will have the learning skills to allow them to continue to study in a manner that may be largely selfdirected

• Digital signals
• Processing of digital signals
• Digital filtering of signals
• Introduction to digital circuit design
• The combinatorial logic.
• Design of sequential circuits.
• Design, optimization, and implementation of finite state machines
• VHDL - Basic Concepts.
• Programmable Logic
• Example of designing digital filters in Matlab.
• Example of designing a finite state machine in VHDL.

The course will be taught in English.

Lectures and MatLab/VHDL tutorials will be face-to-face, subject to updates on the measures adopted by UniTo and available on the Provisions for those studying and working at UniTo website.

Lectures: 42 h; MatLab/VHDL tutorials: 6 h

Video recordings and in-depth materials are available on the Moodle platform.

Duration: 90 min; calculator: allowed; List of formulas: not allowed.
examples from past exams will be available on Moodle
Follow-up presentation: ~20 min ≤10/30 
On-going evaluation: ≤5/30

In case of Covid-19 restrictions :
Oral:2 questions about theory  worth 11 points at max, resolution of an exercise, worth 3 or 6 points, to be chosen by the student
Follow-up presentation:~20 min, worth 10 points at max
On-going evaluation: ≤5/30