CSCE 587 Microprocessor Design and Synthesis
Homework 1 – SoCKit, Quartus and HDL Introduction
Assignment (100): No written report is required.
1. Read SoCKit Getting Started Manual to see how to download and install software.
2. Read/scan SoCKit User’s Manual – pay particular attention to pin locations associated
with our board!
3. Work through both Quartus tutorials (one is VHDL specific, the other is Verilog). They
are nearly identical except for use of either VHDL or Verilog. Skip section 8 (Simulating
the Designed Circuit) – we will be using ModelSim for simulation.
4. Implement Quartus design using our board. This means that you will need to correctly
assign pin locations mentioned in Table 2 (of Quartus tutorial) with those specified in
SoCKit User’s Manual (see section 3.6.1 – User Push-buttons, Switches and LED on
FPGA).
5. Provide evidence of assignment completion – send me a zip file with project artifacts
that include VHDL/Verilog code, SOF file, and a camera picture of it working. Make sure
to reduce the size of camera pictures and compress them into jpeg or png, and not
include miscellaneous project files. The size of the final zip should be well less than
1MB.
