A hierarchical approach to digital design using computer-aided design and hardware description languages

Kleinfelder, W.; Gray, Denis; Dudevoir, G.

doi:10.1109/fie.1999.840442

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“…Past works also discuss methodologies to best use programmable logic in design courses. Kleinfelder et al [7] discusses one approach to teaching digital design using computer-aided design (CAD) tools and hardware description languages (HDLs) and suggests a hierarchical approach Manuscript where students first learn simple logic circuits and move up to more complex problems. Nixon [8] presents teaching digital design using a purely programmable approach and states that it is possible to introduce all major concepts in digital design.…”

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Notice of Violation of IEEE Publication Principles: A Better Approach to Teaching Digital Logic Design to Engineering Undergraduates Than Using Only One of MSI/SSI, Schematic Entry or HDLs

George

Ngalamou

2022

IEEE Trans. Educ.

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This paper explores the teaching of digital logic design to engineering undergraduates at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, using the three methods MSI/SSI, schematic entry, and hardware description using VHDL. This paper serves to compare the performance of students when each of these three methods is used. In conclusion, this paper proposes a better approach to teaching digital logic design to engineering undergraduates than that of using only one of the three teaching methods explored.Index Terms-Digital design, digital electronics, engineering education, field programmable gate array (FPGA), logic design, teaching engineering laboratories.

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Notice of Violation of IEEE Publication Principles: A Better Approach to Teaching Digital Logic Design to Engineering Undergraduates Than Using Only One of MSI/SSI, Schematic Entry or HDLs

George

Ngalamou

2022

IEEE Trans. Educ.

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“…Abe et al [4] introduced programmable logic array-based digital system design laboratories. A digital logic design using computer-aided design and hardware description language was discussed in [5]. Lee et al [6] suggested the usage of the power system simulation laboratory to enhance the teaching and research activities in protective relay education.…”

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PLC/HMI-Based Implementation of a Real-Time Educational Power System Protective Relays Platform

2020

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Engineering laboratories are key elements in engineering learning and are essential for a concrete understanding of engineering topics and experiments. These key laboratories are no longer just hardware-dependent, they are a creative combination of programmable hardware and also user-defined driving software. In this work, an educational power system protective relaying laboratory platform was designed and implemented using a programmable logic controller (PLC) and human–machine interface (HMI) in order to introduce engineering students to the operating mechanisms experimentally. It engaged the students in selecting settings and upgrading the inverse definite minimum time (IDMT) protection relays for overcurrent, overvoltage, undervoltage, and differential current. With the platform and the help of the HMI, the students mastered (or came close to mastering) the field of protective relays, especially those explicitly implemented in the platform. The students were also able to see the real-time response that is equivalent to the relay operation time of the protective relays under the various possible settings, and the kinesthetic learning that was involved gave them a deeper understanding of what is involved in relays upgrading.

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“…This normally involves implementing projects using programming to create applications, but leaves students with limited knowledge of the internal architecture of a microcontroller. Other courses teach microprocessor design using Hardware Descriptive Languages (HDL), such as VHDL and Verilog [4][5][6] .…”

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“…The original WIMP51 was created using VHDL 4 , a hardware descriptive language, which is not normally introduced to students in the Introduction to CpE course. Instead students are required to create digital circuits using Block Diagram Files (BDF), as a graphic Page 26.1742.2…”

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WIMP51 Processor: Envisioning and Recreating the Platform for Implementing Student Design Projects

Marshall

Moss

Garringer

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Proceedings

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The Digital Systems Design course, at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T), aims to introduce Electrical and Computer Engineering majors to embedded systems design using microcontrollers. The internal conceptual working of the chosen microcontroller family is explained, using the instruction set, over the course of a semester. In order to introduce students to typical computer organization and architecture design techniques, the Weekend Instructional Microprocessor (WIMP51), which is rudimentary in design and has a small instruction set, is also covered. The original WIMP51 was created using synthesizable VHDL. Students taking the prerequisite Introduction to Computer Engineering course are not required to learn, and are rarely introduced to, VHDL at that level depending on the instructor's choice. In order to provide a platform for students to better visualize, understand and learn the internal organization and architecture of the WIMP51 processor, a student oriented experiential learning based project was implemented to redesign WIMP51, using the original inspiration (a similar but different implementation) in Quartus II design software using schematic capture of digital circuits via Block Diagram Files (BDF). This paper discusses, in depth, the recreation of the WIMP51 processor and describes the designed features to help students obtain a deeper understanding of the internal working of the processor.

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A hierarchical approach to digital design using computer-aided design and hardware description languages

Cited by 11 publications

References 1 publication

Notice of Violation of IEEE Publication Principles: A Better Approach to Teaching Digital Logic Design to Engineering Undergraduates Than Using Only One of MSI/SSI, Schematic Entry or HDLs

Notice of Violation of IEEE Publication Principles: A Better Approach to Teaching Digital Logic Design to Engineering Undergraduates Than Using Only One of MSI/SSI, Schematic Entry or HDLs

PLC/HMI-Based Implementation of a Real-Time Educational Power System Protective Relays Platform

WIMP51 Processor: Envisioning and Recreating the Platform for Implementing Student Design Projects

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