Tools Installation and Introduction [1.5 hours]

• Step-by-step installation of Byte Craft's eTPU Compiler.
• Step-by-step installation of ASH WARE's eTPU Stand-Alone Simulator.
• Brief tour of Compiler including compiling, project files, multi-file builds, and library directory.
• Student will modify some eTPU code to perform a calculation, compile, load into simulator and verify calculation.

RAM Host Interface [1 hour]

• Mapping
• Reach variables and parameter
• Host-eTPU registers
• Memory coherency
• Exercises on tools
• Register initialization
• +MMU/GPIO/Registers
• local and global variables, etc
• where to locate them

Channel Hardware Basics [2 hours]

• A "C-centric" introduction to fundamental channel hardware concepts.
• Sampling input pin state versus detection of an edge and recording the time at which that edge occurred.
• Forcing an output pin to a state versus scheduling a output pin edge to occur at a particular future point in time.

Events and Event Handling [ 2 hours]

• The eTPU is an event servicing device.
• Using the eTPU compiler to create an event vector table.
• Examine event and thread response timing diagrams to see where event servicing occurs.

Day 2

Channel Hardware Details [ 2 hours]

• Step through each of the fields used to program the channel hardware.
• A step-by-step guide to setting up matches and transition detection.

Microengine [ 1 hour ]

• Registers presentation
• Introduction to micro-instructions
• Initializing a register
• Data supported (int, frac signed or not ;..;
• Arithmetic Instructions (+ - / Mac div ....)
• Exercises

RAM Parameter [1 hour]

• Mapping
• The addressing modes
• Timing
• Coherency

The Programming Model [ 2.5 hours]

• Essentially a programmers' model chapter, with emphasis on context and thread issues.
• Key data type, function variables, explained in detail including memory map. Other miscellaneous issues.

Day 3

Channel Hardware Modes [ 3.5 hours ]

• Explain details of match/transition and action unit 1/2 using the channel "mode". A problem-solving approach:
• "How to solve problem X? Use channel mode Y."

Scheduler [2 hours]

• The round robin scheduler algorithm.
• Calculating worst case latency.
• Statistical latency analyses using post processing trace-dump files.

Day 4

Angle Mode [2 hours]

• Angle mode hardware is a digital phase lock loop (PLL) with a software assist.
• Underlying concepts and details on the software assist.
• Basic Tools Issues.
• Automated testing using the Simulator, including data flow, behavior verification, and code coverage.
• Auto-code generation in the Compiler solves two-copy problem.
• Example host-side drivers with auto-code generated from the Compiler.

eTPU Micro-Instruction Overview [1 hour]

• VLIW machine
• Instruction format
• Specific instruction formats

Micro-Engine Programming Model [4 hours]

• Registers list
• Execution unit hardware
• Code condition latch
• Channel selection
• Loop
• Arithmetic instructions
• Explanation of all possible options
• Multiply and Mac instructions
• Practical exercise

Flow Control Instructions [1 hour]