Course detail
Personal Computers
FIT-ITPAcad. year: 2022/2023
The course will provide students with up-to-date information on personal computer technique. Students will acquire the information on the principles of personal computer structure, I/O buses, elementary principles of external adapter construction and buses for the communication with peripheral devices.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Prerequisites
Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
- Lab tutorials: 16 points.
- Written mid-term written exam: 24 points.
- Minimum semestral activity score is not specified.
- Final written exam: 60 points.
Course curriculum
Work placements
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
- recommended prerequisite
Design of Computer Systems
Basic literature
Recommended reading
Hans-Peter Messmer: The Indispensable PC Hardware Book, Addison-Wesley, 1997, Anglie, ISBN 0-201-40399-4, 1384 stran.
Hans-Peter Messmer: The Indispensable Pentium Book, Addison-Wesley, 1995, USA, ISBN 0-201-87727-9, 496 stran.
Jaroslav Horák: Bios a Setup, Průvodce základním nastavením počítače. Computer Press, 3. aktualizované vydání. 2010. ISBN: 9788025130353. 160 stran.
Jim Aspiwall: Osobní počítač na maximum, Computer Press, 2005, ISBN 80-251-1136-9, 254 stran.
Petr Broža: Instalujeme a konfigurujeme počítač, Computer Press, 2004, ISBN 80-251-0468-0, 176 stran.
Scott Mueller: Upgrading and Repairing PCs, QUE, 2008, ISBN 0-7897-3697-7, 1556 stra.
Texty přednášek v elektronické podobě.
William Stallings: Computer Organization and architecture, designing for performance, Prentice Hall, 2006, ISBN 0-13-185644-8, 778 stran.
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
- The Development Stages of Personal Computers, Parameters, Concepts.
- The Development Stages of Intel Microprocessor Architectures.
- Scalar and Superscalar Architectures.
- The Implementation of CISC and RISC Architectures in Intel Microprocessors - 1.
- The Implementation of CISC and RISC Architectures in Intel Microprocessors - 2.
- Memory Organization, Elements, Technologies, Memory Addressing, I/O Ports Addressing. CMOS Memory.
- Memory Organization, Elements, Technologies, Memory Addressing, I/O Ports Addressing. CMOS Memory.
- Cache Memory, its Organization and Implementation.
- The Principles of Peripheral Operations Control, PIO Modes, Interrupt Request, Direct Memory Access.
- The Development Stages of Personal Computer Buses.
- Centronics, Its Structure and Communication.
- The Principles of Personal Computer Adapter Design and Construction.
- The Buses for Peripheral Devices Control.
Laboratory exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
- Communication on ISA bus and the use of BootROM.
- PC Power Consumption.
- VGA interface, signals analysis.
- HDD and S.M.A.R.T. technology.
- Communication on ISA bus and servicing the IRQ.
- PCI System Bus and the address decoder.
- VGA interface, FITkit platform.
- PS/2 analysis.