An ARM Cortex-M0 Based FPGA Platform in Teaching Computer Architecture

In this paper, we present an AMBA peripheral along
with ARM Cortex-M0 processor on FPGA. The proposed
platform provides the external interface signals to control the
external IP based on AMBA interface. Moreover, µC/OS-II
provides the way to control integrated hardware IPs. With our
platform, students are visually able to validate the correctness of
their IP along with ARM processor. The goal of the course is to
effectively educate students with hand-on-experience, rather than
designing a flawless IP. Our experience reveals that the proposed
platform provides feasible way to AMBA based hardware IP
verification.