EE194/290 (Fall 2025)

Test Integrated Circuit Chips Designed in Previous Tapeout Classes

Course Outline

This is a dynamic hands-on course, so the below outline is very much subject to change!

Resources

Useful Links

For access issues, message staff on Slack! Many of these require permissions.

• Bring-up Slack Fall 2025

• Bring-up Calendar: https://tinyurl.com/bringupfa25calendar

• bCourses Fall 2025

• Gradescope Fall 2025

Google Drive:

• EE194 Tapeout/Bringup Drive

• Specifically, our Fall 2025 folder, with lectures/recordings/etc..

• Fall 2024 Folder for those interested

• BWRC Resources Drive

• Tapeout/Bringup Resources - Public Wiki

GitLab Repository: (IRIS Account Required to Access)

• DSP25 Repository (bearly-final branch)

• BearlyML25 Repository (bearly-final branch)

• SCuM-V25 Repository (scum-tapeout branch)

• Digital Chip Specs - Gitlab Wiki

• SCuM-V25 Specs - Gitlab docs Folder

PCB Links:

• Altium Workspace - https://ucb-bar.365.altium.com/

• Altium Fall 2025 PCB Folder

• Parts List & Team Status Google Sheet Coming Soon…

• FT Link Debugger PCB (Thanks Yufeng!)

BWRC Resources:

• If you are confused as to which password is your IRIS/BWRC one, you can test and reset at: https://iris.eecs.berkeley.edu/selfserve/

• BWRC Computing Infrastructure slides by Brian Richards - 16 January 2023

New Chip Testing Notes

• Coming Soon…

Old Chip Testing Notes

• DSP Bring-Up Log

• BearlyML24 Bring-Up Log

• A new-as-of-Fall 2024 test plan template

• BoraBoard: Boravision test plan

• BoraBoard: FA2024 Bringup Test Plan Template _ BoraVoice

• BoraBoard: BorAI FA2024 Bringup Test Plan

• BoraBoard: Inverse Shazam

• BreakBoard: BearlyVision Test Plan

• BreakBoard: Shmooooo FA2024 Bringup Test Plan

• PendulumBoard: 360 Pendulum Bringup Test Plan

• LinuxBoard: Demo Linux F2024 Bringup Test Plan Template

• SCuM-V Bringup Plan 2024

• OSCIBEAR Bringup Note

• BearlyML22 Testing Note

• SCuM-V22 Testing Note

• SCuM-V23 Spec (PDF version) (Web version)

• Guide on how to contribute to the spec

Useful Lectures

• CS 61C Playlist

• EECS 151 Playlist

Course Support Links

• Statement on Academic Misconduct

• Statement on DSP Accomendation

Staff