The second semester course "Digital Design with HDL", course number ISCD-2.03, gives an introduction on the design of digital integrated circuits using Hardware Description Languages (HDL), particularly using VHDL.

The course includes lectures,  homeworks and a project assignment. 

Major Topics are:

	Usage of Hardware Description Languages (HDL)
	VHDL for synthesis
	HDL verification issues
	Low Power Design methods at HDL level
	Intellectual Property (IP) issues

Prerequisites for this course are the completion of all courses of ISCD first semester, a working knowledge of VHDL (this course is not a VHDL lecture!) and a working knowledge of the digital tool flow at CUAS.

Responsible for this course:  Manfred Ley

Course number: ISCD-2.03

ECTS credit points: 7.5