A project laboratory experiment on digital electronics

Abstract

Kortrijk is described. The project deals with DTL electronics, logic operations and arithmetic operations. It follows an elementary course in digital electronics and starts after some exercises concerning the working and characteristics of diodes and transistors and some circuitry with these components (totalling 8 h). The project itself lasts 12 h and is carried out on a self-made electronic testboard at low cost; the do-it-yourself price is about

Project laboratory for first-year students

“…Typically, about 100 students in the first year enrol in the project lab, out of which about 70 are studying at university level (UNI) and the rest on a higher professional level (HP) (single cycle). The required load is 3 h per week in one semester that brings 3 ECTS points 3 .…”

“…A different approach, which can avoid these problems, is to make laboratory work less structured, more explorative and to work in groups. Reports on similar approaches from decades ago read as if they were written today [1][2][3]. Two ways of making laboratory work more explorative are open-ended experiments and project laboratories.…”