Digital & Embedded Systems Lab
(DESL)

The Digital & Embedded Systems Lab (DESL) is in three adjacent rooms, offering you a conducive environment for delving into a range of subjects in digital logic circuits, FPGAs, embedded systems and computer architecture.

Each lab station is furnished with FPGA and microcontroller development boards along with a variety of electronic design components. Additionally, it provides you with all necessary software for designing, simulating and testing digital and embedded systems, including Intel and Xilinx tools for analyzing and synthesizing HDL designs.

The DESL rooms are complemented by an extensive assortment of electronic components, breakout modules, supporting equipment and breadboards. These resources are instrumental in facilitating a diverse array of experiments and projects.

Lab manager

Aslan Hepdogru

aslan.hepdogru@utoronto.ca
416-946-5273
Room BA3110

Lab location: BA3145 / BA3155 / BA365

Bahen Centre for Information Technology (BA) 40 St. George Street, 3rd Floor

Lab courses

ECE241 Digital Systems
ECE243 Computer Organization
ECE253 Digital and Computer Systems
ECE352 Computer Organization
ECE552 Computer Architecture
CSC258 Computer Organization
ECE342 Computer Hardware
ECE532 Digital Systems Design
ECE516 Intelligent Image Processing
ECE297 Software Design and Communication

Topics include

Designing and optimizing combinational and sequential logic
Finite state machines
Arithmetic circuits
Logic synthesis
Processor design
Pipelining
Memory organization
Instruction set architectures
Instruction-level and thread-level parallelism
Embedded operating systems

Lab photos

Lab access

The room is open only at specific times during the day for scheduled courses when TAs are present. This lab is not open after hours or on weekends.

Remote access: You can access the computers in this room remotely. See schedule of availability and how-to instructions (PDF).

Computer accounts

You are required to have a valid and active Engineering Computing Facility (ECF) account to access the computers in this lab. First-time users must activate their account.

Lab regulations

All individuals must adhere to the lab regulations and safety procedures outlined in the ECE Safety & Operational Training. Note that food and beverages are strictly prohibited within the lab premises.