An innovative method of teaching digital system design in an undergraduate electrical and computer engineering curriculum

Adamo, Oluwayomi; Guturu, Parthasarathy; Varanasi, Murali

doi:10.1109/mse.2009.5270837

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“…They have no knowledge of computer hardware, so it need to step by step to make them aware of what the computer hardware is, and thus cause their interest to learn these courses. And the experimental teaching is an important part in Digital Logic course [7]. The experiments of computer major mainly include following types: the basic verification experiment, the advanced comprehensive experiment, the independent innovation experiment, and etc.…”

Section: Digital Logic Experimentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploration on Training Practice Ability in Digital Logic Experiment

Li¹,

Zheng²,

Quan³

et al. 2016

IJITE

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The hardware related courses in computer major require a lot of practise on experiment to fully understand the theoretical knowledge for the students. Especially for the first-year or second-year undergraduate students, how to cultivate students' practical ability effectively is the subject of Computer Science in Colleges and Universities. This paper introduces the experimental teaching reform trial of the Digital Logic Circuit courses, and sums up the experience of how to stimulate students' awareness of innovation in the hardware experiment teaching and how to improve the students' practical ability. This paper proposes that we should start the student independent innovation experiment as soon as possible at the university stage. We design the independent innovation experiment in Digital Logic Circuit of the hardware experiment, that experiment is an open-minded experiment. After years of experiments carried out, the students deepened understanding of the knowledge of theory course, improve the interest in the design of hardware, understand the basic processes of the design of electronic products, improve the ability of practical, and establish the consciousness of innovation and practice. Our trial has proved that it is very meaningful and feasible to enhance the ability of innovation practice in the low grade students of computer major.

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Section: Digital Logic Experimentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploration on Training Practice Ability in Digital Logic Experiment

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Zheng²,

Quan³

et al. 2016

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“…The main objective of the course projects is to give more hands-on experience and an integrated experience to the students in addition to that knowledge gained in the regular course [ 2 ]. Integrated experience is a multidisciplinary, design project-based approach emphasizing on engineering design and incorporates fundamentals from several engineering disciplines such as instrumentation, electronics, electrical, computer science, automobile and mechanical involving science, mathematics, humanities, and engineering components.…”

Section: Course Projectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These delivery methods gave a required foundation for a student to frame a problem statement for their course project, wherein the student deals with the need and functional requirement analysis and proposes a suitable solution for real-world problems of automotive domain [ 2 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

Automotive Electronics: Learning Through Real-World Problem-Based Case Studies

Nissimagoudar

Iyer

Desai

et al. 2014

Proceedings of the International Conference on Transformations in Engineering Education

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Automotive electronics is a course that requires skills from multiple disciplines including, but not limited to, mechanical, control, computer science, and electronics. The course is introduced to address the needs of embedded and automotive industries, hence providing the necessary knowledge and skills required for those industries. The objective of the curriculum is to enhance learning and improve student's implementation skills. In this paper, we propose to introduce the exercises including real-world case studies and experiential learning. The major challenge of teaching this course was to teach mechanical concepts for electrical science students and to develop electronics for mechanical systems. The practical demo sessions by automobile labs gave the desired foundation for the course. The engine management concepts were taught using a very popular simulation software, AT Electronics tool, which is a combination of electronics and diagnostics. This activity gave a real feel of engine management systems to learn how complex systems work and to diagnose faults with them. The paper also discusses another major activity in the form of course projects. The course projects resulted in the application of domain knowledge and improvement of skills by using appropriate tools. In addition to these activities, all regular classes included animations and video presentations to make the concepts clearer. Special lectures by industry experts were also arranged to give the students a wide perspective of the subject. The paper discusses the impact of these activities in the form of student feedback, placement results, and participation in technical events. This experiential learning helped the students to improve comprehensive application ability and innovative consciousness.

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“…Digital Logic is a dingyh fundamental course in the computer science curriculum, and its experimental study plays an important role in connecting theory and practice [1] [2], which helps students consolidate what they have learned from textbooks. Specifically, there are two types of digital logic experiment [3].…”

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DCLab: A Web-based System for Digital Logic Experiment Teaching

Ding

Liu

et al. 2018

2018 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)

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This Research-to-Practice Work in Progress paper presents DCLab, a web-based system for conducting digital logic experiments online, to improve both the effectiveness and the efficiency of digital logic experiment teaching. DCLab covers all experimental contents required by traditional digital logic experiment classes. It allows the students to draw circuit diagrams or to write VHDL code to design their own circuits, and it provides complete simulation functions. DCLab records the progress of each student and makes it convenient for a student to review the history of his practice. Furthermore, for the instructors, they are able to post homework assignments on DCLab, and the system will automatically add homework projects to the students' home pages. Statistics about how the students perform on the homework will be displayed to the instructors, which may help them develop more effective courses. We have tested DCLab among students in the digital logic course, and the results have confirmed its validity.

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An innovative method of teaching digital system design in an undergraduate electrical and computer engineering curriculum

Cited by 24 publications

References 5 publications

Exploration on Training Practice Ability in Digital Logic Experiment

Exploration on Training Practice Ability in Digital Logic Experiment

Automotive Electronics: Learning Through Real-World Problem-Based Case Studies

DCLab: A Web-based System for Digital Logic Experiment Teaching

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