Assignment 2 An 8-bit Shift Register

COMP-273 Assignment 2

Hand in your solutions using mycourses, following the instructions at the end of this assignment, on page 3. Before starting create a folder on your computer system and call it
answer-folder. For Questions 1 and 2, use the provided templates, .circ and asm (text) files
as a starting point. You must be sure that the solution you provide for Q1 runs in logismevolution. As well, you must make sure that the solutions you provide for Q2 and Q3 run
in MARS. For Q1 we also ask that you explain your circuit design in words, in a separate
electronic file. For Q2 and Q3 your explanations should be in the form of comments in your
.asm files. Late policy: 10% off per day late, for up to 2 days. If submitted 48
hrs or more after the deadline, your assignment will not be accepted and will
be scored 0!.
1 An 8-bit Shift Register (30 marks)
Design an 8-bit shift register with output bits A7A6A5A4A3A2A1A0. Each bit Ai
is represented by the Q output of a rising edge triggered D Flip-flop, which is available in logisimevolution. The circuit has a clock and it also has the following two selector inputs: S0, S1.
The roles of the selector inputs are described in the table below. The timing is such that a
hold, shift right, shift left or circular shift right, is controlled by the clock input.
S1 S0 Function
0 0 No shift - hold
0 1 Shift right
1 0 Shift left
1 1 Circular shift right
The bit that is shifted out, i.e., when you do a shift right or a shift left, should be stored
in an additional output called Bout. Correspondingly, an input bit, called Bin should be
brought in to the space created by the open position, when you carry out a shift operation.
A template file has been provided for you called shift.circ, which you can start with and
then modify. Explain your design in words in a separate text file, which you will also
upload, and then submit the circuit (shift.circ) implementation in logisim-evolution. Note
that the TA’s will download and test your circuit design.
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2 String Capitalization (30 marks)
You are to write a MIPS program that takes as input a string of text and then does the
following.
• Prints the input string
• Capitalizes and prints the capitalized string.
You can assume that the string input is comprised of words consisting of keyboard alphabetic characters, with each word separated by a single “space” character, and with each
word beginning with an alphabetical character. The program should be able to handle
strings up to 127 characters in length. No characters other than lowercase letters should be
modified. In other words, the input string may have some of its letters already capitalized.
Use properties of the ASCII code, and in particular the manner in which characters are
represented, to solve this problem!
As a working example, given the input string "this is A StrinG", the printed capitalized
output should be "THIS IS A STRING". A template file capitalize.asm has been provided
for you. In this file, you will note that there is an input string that is hard-coded and there
is place for an output string. The TA’s might change the contents of the input string while
testing your code. You should use the space allocated for the output string to write in the
content of your capitalized output. Then, it should be a simple matter to print it.
3 Quadratic Congruence (40 marks)
One of the problems in the set of NP-Complete problems is that of quadratic congruences:
given positive integers a, b and c, does there exist an integer x ≤ c such that x
2 ≡ a mod b?
For small values of a, b, and c, we can decide by brute force if the congruence can be solved.
Write a program in assembly to get values for a, b and c from the user and then outputs
each value of x, for which congruence holds, or reports back that there is no solution. You
can use a single main program for this question; i.e., you do not have to use subroutines.
However, if you use subroutines make sure that they are commented and your code is well
structured. Note that you can use the rem pseudo-instruction to get the modulus of two
numbers. Please name your solution file quad.asm.
An example of four test cases is given below. We will test your program with these and
some other (different) test cases. Note, you can print your solutions for x in any way you
like - the table below just shows the full solution set for certain choices of a, b, c.
a b c Solution (x)
4 7 5 Yes (2,5)
1 5 6 Yes (1,4,6)
3 10 4 No solution
5 12 7 No solution
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ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Everything should be handed in electronically on mycourses. Each student is to submit his
or her own unique solution to these questions.
1. The Logisim circuit (shift.circ) must run under logisim-evolution, to be graded.
2. Comment your code in detail. If there are no comments, and the code is incorrect,
you will get ZERO marks. If you make any special assumptions in your programs, or
if you feel there are ideas that need explanation, describe them in your comments.
3. For Q1 provide a separate electronic file, explaining your design.
4. Proper use of the argument registers, return value registers, and the stack to save
variables or to allocate memory when necessary is required if you use subroutines.
Note that for this assignment it is not strictly required to use subroutines.
5. Zip your answer-folder, rename it with your student ID number. For example,
260763964.zip
6. Turn in a single zipped file containing one .circ file, two .asm files and the electronic
file for Q1, in your assignment folder on mycourses under Assignment 2.
7. Hints, suggestions and clarifications may be posted on the discussion board on mycourses
as questions arise. Even if you don’t have any questions, it is a good idea to check
the discussion board.
8. Make sure that you submit a single file (the zipped file), not many files.
9. Make sure that the file is in your assignment folder following your intended upload.
In other words, make sure what is present in your assignment folder it was what you
intended us to grade. Unfortunately, if it is not there or it is corrupted, you cannot
submit a corrected one after the deadline.
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