<s>
FITkit	B-Application
is	O
a	O
hardware	O
platform	O
used	O
for	O
educational	O
purposes	O
at	O
the	O
Brno	O
University	O
of	O
Technology	O
in	O
the	O
Czech	O
Republic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FITkit	B-Application
contains	O
a	O
low-power	O
microcontroller	B-Architecture
,	O
a	O
field	B-Architecture
programmable	I-Architecture
gate	I-Architecture
array	I-Architecture
chip	O
(	O
FPGA	B-Architecture
)	O
and	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
peripherals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Utilizing	O
advanced	O
reconfigurable	O
hardware	O
,	O
the	O
FITkit	B-Application
may	O
be	O
modified	O
to	O
suit	O
various	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Configuration	O
of	O
the	O
FPGA	B-Architecture
chip	O
can	O
be	O
specified	O
using	O
the	O
VHDL	B-Language
hardware	O
description	O
language	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
VHSIC	B-Language
hardware	I-Language
description	I-Language
language	I-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
for	O
the	O
Microcontroller	B-Architecture
is	O
written	O
in	O
C	B-Language
and	O
compiled	O
using	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Compiler	I-Application
Collection	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Configuration	O
of	O
the	O
FPGA	B-Architecture
chip	O
is	O
synthesized	O
from	O
the	O
source	O
VHDL	B-Language
code	O
using	O
professional	O
design	O
tools	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
also	O
available	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FITkit	B-Application
serves	O
as	O
an	O
educational	O
tool	O
in	O
several	O
courses	O
throughout	O
the	O
bachelor	O
's	O
and	O
master	O
's	O
degree	O
programmes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Students	O
are	O
expected	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
FPGA	B-Architecture
interpreter	B-Application
design	O
of	O
a	O
simple	O
programming	O
language	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
Brainfuck	B-Language
)	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Design	O
of	O
Computer	O
Systems	O
course	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
is	O
developed	O
as	O
an	O
open-source	O
(	O
software	O
)	O
and	O
open-core	O
(	O
hardware	O
)	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
license	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
