CSA Home Page CSA Schedule CSA Assessments CSA Notes and Books CSA Old Notices

University of Hertfordshire School of Computer Science

1COM0051: Computer Systems Architecture
SemB 2009-2010 Module Notes and Books

Module Notes Available
(files are all PDF format, except LogicWorks circuit and library files, and asm files which are plain text)
(If you need it, you can get the software to read PDF files from here at Adobe.)


All notes are available here for you to download and view or print.

Note that the material in the Study Guides is generally marked as being of category [A], [B] or [C] for this module.
[A]Absolutely necessary to pass
[B]Better learn it for Better marks
[C]Could be useful to illustrate A/B material, but not necessary

Click here for the full set of study guides, tutorials and practicals as a 2.5MB PDF file. Individual parts are available below.



In Semester A we are using the logic circuit design package, LogicWorks 4.1. This is installed on certain of the Faculty and LRC PCs, but the newer version (v5) is also available to purchase from the publishers or from bookshops.
(Note: at the University of Hamburg, they have created a similar system to LogicWorks, called HADES. It is freely downloadable and has similar overall functionality to LogicWorks. One day we may convert all our work and notes to use HADES; for now they are incompatible, but you may like to play with it.)

In Semester B we are using the WISM68 MC68000 Simulator for Windows to run machine code programs. This was originally written as a final year project by Matt Hildred, a student at DeMontford University, and he has updated it to add more features that we will find useful on this module. It is freely downloadable if you want to run it on your PC at home.
CSA Home Page CSA Schedule CSA Assessments CSA Notes and Books CSA Old Notices

Maintained by Patrick Quick (Boggle)

University of Hertfordshire Disclaimer - this link refers to an important message which should be read in conjunction with this information.