Week-01 Labs: Productivity Tools & C Fundamentals

Welcome to Week-01 Labs
This repository is for submitting your deliverables for Week-01 of the Digital Design Training Program.

During this week, you explored C programming, Linux productivity tools, Git workflows, and RISC-V basics.
This repo will collect your lab assignments, scripts, and code implementations.

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Topics Covered in Week-01

Day 01: C Language Refresher

• Theory:
  • Orientation & expectations
  • C syntax, data types, operators, control structures
  • Functions, recursion
  • Arrays & strings
• Lab Tasks:
  • Basic Syntax & Data Types
  • Operators & Expressions
  • Control Structures
  • Functions
  • Arrays & Strings
  • File I/O Basics
  • Logical Operations
  • Enumerations
  • Structures (Intro)
  • Command Line Arguments

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Day 02: Advanced Topics in C

• Theory:
  • Pointers, memory management, structures, File I/O
  • Compilation process
• Lab Tasks:
  • Pointer Basics & Arithmetic
  • Pointers with Arrays/Strings
  • Preprocessor & File I/O
  • Dynamic Memory Allocation
  • Linked Lists
  • Advanced Challenge Task

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Day 03: Linux Shell Scripting, Makefile, Git

• Theory:
  • Shell scripting (structure, variables, control structures, I/O)
  • Makefile basics & advanced usage
  • Git (basics, branching, merging, stash, tags, ignoring files)
• Lab Tasks:
  • Shell Scripting: basics, control structures, functions, arrays, file ops
  • Makefile: simple & advanced, project automation
  • VS Code setup & extensions
  • Git exercises: branching, merging, stash, tags

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Day 04: Introduction to RISC-V ISA & Spike

• Theory:
  • RISC-V ISA basics
  • RISC-V assembly programming: syntax, registers, memory addressing, arithmetic & control flow instructions
  • Toolchain overview (riscv64-unknown-elf-gcc)
  • Spike simulator introduction
• Lab Tasks:
  • Installing Spike and RISC-V toolchain
  • Running a basic example on Spike
  • Assembly programming exercises

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Repository Structure

├── Day01\_C\_Basics/
│   └── <your C programs here>
├── Day02\_AdvancedC/
│   └── \<pointer/memory/linked list tasks>
├── Day03\_Shell\_Make\_Git/
│   └── \<shell scripts, makefiles, git exercises>
├── Day05\_RISCV\_Spike/
│   └── <RISC-V assembly and spike tasks>
└── README.md

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Submission Guidelines

1. Fork this repository into your own GitHub account.
2. Clone your fork to your local machine.
3. Add your solutions inside the relevant Name_Folder/DayXX_.../ folders.
4. Commit with clear commit messages.
5. Push your work to your fork.
6. Submit your work by creating a Pull Request (PR) back to this repo.

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Deliverables Checklist

• All C programs (Day-01, Day-02)
• Bash scripts & Makefile tasks (Day-03)
• RISC-V assembly programs running on Spike (Day-04)

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