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Rationale
DRESD has developed a series of events to build a reconfigurable computing community at Politecnico di Milano. These activities include: the 3DDRESD, the first Reconfigurable Computing Italian Meeting, the Reconfigurable Computing Week and a set of trying to get new guys involved in the reconfigurable computing world.


DHow2 Meetings Schedule
The days will be organized according to the following schedule:

.:: Friday 7, November 2008 (15.30 - 17.30). DHow2... Installation Party - Sala Seminari (DEI, Politecnico di Milano), bring your laptop.

.:: Tuesday 25, November (17.00 - 19.30). VHDL: a short introduction - Sala Seminari (DEI, Politecnico di Milano)
-> The powerpoint: PPT [IT]
-> The first example: ZIP [ISE 8.2i]

.:: Tuesday 2, December (17.30 - 19.30). The numbers representation problem - Sala Seminari (DEI, Politecnico di Milano)
-> The powerpoint: PPT [IT]

.:: Wednesday 3, December (16.30 - 19.30). Creation of divisor module - Sala Seminari (DEI, Politecnico di Milano)

.:: Friday 5, December (9.00 - 11.00). Embedded systems - a brief overview - Room PT1 (DEI, Politecnico di Milano)
-> The powerpoint: PPT [IT]

.:: Friday 12, December (14.00 - 16.00). DHow2... EDK: how to create your first system and an overview of the most important files (i.e., the UCF file) - Room PT1 (DEI, Politecnico di Milano)
-> The powerpoint: PPT [IT]

.:: Tuesday 16, December (16.30 - 18.30). DHow2... VHDL sequential examples and the Ant Brain example - Sala Seminari (DEI, Politecnico di Milano)
-> The powerpoint: PPT [IT]

.:: Wednesday 17, December (16.30 - 18.30). DHow2... Check your VHDL descriptions - MicroLAB (DEI, Politecnico di Milano)

.:: Whenever you want. DHow2... IPCore: OBP bus with pselect - online
-> IPCore example - Add: ZIP

.:: Whenever you want. DHow2... Design your reconfigurable system with INCA, ISE 8.2 and EDK 8.2 (you have to install the Xilinx EAPR patch first . For more information send an email to marco DOT santambrogio AT polimi DOT it) - online
-> VP20 INCA Tutorial V.1 (with PPT): ZIP
-> INCA Tutorial: ZIP

Location and Time
More information regarding the location and the time for the How To meetings will be available soon.


Useful Information
There are also some DRESD events that are not belonging to the DHow2 category that we'd like to invite the DHow2 participants to join.

.:: 27 – 30 October, 2008: Reconfigurable Computing Week. These days will provide some useful information regarding the reconfigurable computing. The participants will be guided into the reconfigurable computing filed from its history to the latest innovations in both technologies/architectures and design flows. More information available at this link.

.:: Thursday 30, October: Treasure hunt in Milan. Will you be brave enough to live a 100% pure DRESD night to discover the reconfigurable systems secrets? If so, do not miss the next adventure in the world of Reconfigurable Systems. Find out more information following this link.