Course Abstract:
MindShare’s PCI Express full-length course provides a detailed and comprehensive understanding of the PCI Express technology including PCI Express 2.0. The course covers all aspects of the specification from a hardware design perspective and also discusses the software requirements of PCI Express implementations. MindShare’s established background in legacy platform design along with a comprehensive understanding of the latest technologies (including PCI 3.0, SAS, and HyperTransport 3.0) provides rich insight into the PCI Express technology and results in a superior training experience for our customers. This course provides in-depth information, example implementations, and practical guidance that will give you a running start on your design.
Course Length: 4 Days
Who Should Attend?
This in-depth course is hardware oriented, but is designed for both hardware and software engineers. The course contains practical examples of transactions on the link and describes error conditions of which engineers should be aware. It also covers all the rules required for a device to be specification compliant. This makes the course ideal for a system validation engineer who is evaluating an RTL-level, chip-level, system-level or system board-level design.
Course Contents:
- Background Foundation
- PCI Express Overview
- Transaction Characteristics
- Address Space and Transaction Routing
- Transaction Ordering
- Quality of Service and Arbitration
- Flow Control
- ACK/NAK Protocol
- Physical Layer Logic
- Error Detection and Handling
- System Reset
- Link Initialization & Link Training
- Physical Layer Electrical
- Hot Plug and Power Budgeting
- Power Management
- Interrupt Support
- Add-in Cards and Connectors
- Introduction to Configuration
- PCI-compatible configuration
- PCIe-specific configuration
- IO Virtualization Support
Recommended Prerequisites:
A solid understanding of one or more bus protocols such as PCI or similar architecture is required.
Booking Information:
This course is available as an in house course and can be tailored to your company's specific needs. For available dates, pricing information or to make a reservation, please contact us.