How course projects can successfully prepare engineering students for capstone design projects

El-Abd, Mohammed

doi:10.1109/educon.2016.7474635

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“…These metrics are selected to reflect the level to which Arduino was injected into the course. A "Free" project type refers to students selecting their own project topics and/or technologies while "Restricted" means that these are enforced by the instructor [15]. In addition, Table 1 reports the course level, the assessment scheme followed by different works, and any reported advantages and/or concerns.…”

Section: Arduino In Embedded Systems Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In [15], a study conducted over three consecutive semesters revealed that 94% of students selected Arduino for their course projects. Out of these students, 59% continued to use Arduino in their capstone courses resulting in an improved performance.…”

Section: Arduino In Embedded Systems Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In [16], students were encouraged to use another microcontroller in the project but Arduino was still allowed. An interesting observation is that over 90% of students, when given the choice, select Arduino to implement their projects [11,15].…”

Section: Arduino In Embedded Systems Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The single exception was for [16], in which Assembly was used during the final stage of the course using AVR studio 5 but not necessarily for Arduino. Assembly usage in [15] was for the PIC microcontroller during the course. However, Arduino was always programmed using C in the project.…”

Section: Arduino In Embedded Systems Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In [13], both Arduino and FPGAs are concurrently used in the course delivery. In [15], the main platform adopted was the PIC microcontroller, while Arduino was the popular platform selected by students in implementing their course projects. In [16], students were encouraged to use another microcontroller in the project but Arduino was still allowed.…”

Section: Arduino In Embedded Systems Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Review of Embedded Systems Education in the Arduino Age: Lessons Learned and Future Directions

El-Abd

2017

Int. J. Eng. Ped.

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Abstract-In this paper, the subject of embedded systems education in the Arduino age is examined. Arduino is an open-source microcontroller platform that has been widely popular in the past decade among hobbyists and academics. Arduino is increasingly being adopted in courses that span different disciplines in schools and universities. As a result, numerous papers are being published every year in different engineering education conferences and journals reporting the integration of Arduino in teaching. In this work, the impact of Arduino on embedded systems education is investigated. First, challenges facing embedded systems education are identified from the literature. Second, different Arduino teaching integration methodologies reported in the literature are surveyed and analyzed. Third, the question whether Arduino successfully addresses embedded education challenges or not is discussed taking both surveyed findings and recent market trends into consideration. Finally, a number of openended research directions are proposed.

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Section: Arduino In Embedded Systems Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Arduino In Embedded Systems Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Arduino In Embedded Systems Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Arduino In Embedded Systems Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Arduino In Embedded Systems Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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