Introducing Programmable Logic to Undergraduate Engineering Students in a Digital Electronics Course

Todorovich, Elías; Marone, José A.; Vázquez, Martín Osvaldo

doi:10.1109/te.2011.2169065

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“…In a way, this presents similar challenges to adopting hardware description languages to teach digital logic as opposed to the most traditional approach of using physical gates, flip-flops, etc. [29].…”

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confidence: 99%

Virtualization for Cost-Effective Teaching of Assembly Language Programming

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Abstract-A virtual system that emulates an ARM-based processor machine has been created to replace a traditional hardware-based system for teaching assembly language. The proposed virtual system integrates, in a single environment, all the development tools necessary to deliver introductory or advanced courses on modern assembly language programming. The virtual system runs a Linux operating system in either a graphical or console mode on a Windows or Linux host machine. No software licenses or extra hardware are required to use the virtual system, thus students are free to carry their own ARM emulator with them on a USB memory stick. Institutions adopting this, or a similar virtual system, can also benefit by reducing capital investment in hardware-based development kits and enable distance learning courses.

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Virtualization for Cost-Effective Teaching of Assembly Language Programming

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“…All students also strongly agreed (12) or agreed (5) that the lab previews were helpful. Concerning the lab previews helping tie lecture to laboratory, the results were strongly agree (7), agree (9), and disagree (1). While these results are supportive of the authors' observations and the goals for revising the course, stronger benefits were expected.…”

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“…ways to reorganize the material to provide a better learning experience for students and to strength the design content of the course. The use of FPGAs and HDLs in digital logic courses is not new 4,5,6,7 . However, we believe our approach is different from others in that it introduces industry standard FPGA technology and design tools using a hierarchically-structured semesterlong design project.…”

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A Hierarchical Project-Based Introduction to Digital Logic Design Course

Carroll¹,

Gieser

Levine

2014 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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Courses in digital logic design are required by most electrical engineering and computer engineering programs and by many computer science programs. Typically, these courses cover logic design fundamentals in lectures with applications and technology covered in the laboratory. As new technologies emerge, it is becoming more and more challenging to incorporate all of the desired material in a single three or four semester credit hour (SCH) course. At the same time, many programs are being required to reduce degree requirements and cut support staff making it difficult to accommodate a second course in digital logic. This paper describes a sophomorelevel, four SCH logic design course that strikes a balance between these conflicting requirements. The results and experience gained from our course have demonstrated that it is feasible to successfully cover in one semester a range and depth of topics that many universities spread over two semesters. Thusly, other universities facing constraints on curricular requirements and instructional resources may find our approach of interest and beneficial.The course features a semester-long project to design a four-bit, four-function computer processing unit, implemented and tested on a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). An incremental, hierarchical design approach is employed so that the results of lab exercises can be integrated to produce the final design. Design work is captured and simulated in software, and some designs are implemented using integrated circuits on solder-less breadboards. This approach gives students hands-on experience constructing, testing, and debugging circuits that cannot be gained from FPGA implementation. Laboratory assignments are introduced during lectures, linking fundamentals covered in the lectures with hands-on experiences, allowing earlier inclusion of interesting and meaningful laboratory exercises. These exercises and the final design project are used to address ABET/EAC outcomes (a), (c), and (k).

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“…Most of the documented cases in which PLD technology has been incorporated in Digital Circuits courses, report positively in terms of students' satisfaction 12,13 . The students appreciate that they are learning a novel technology that allows design and implementation of digital circuits rapidly and without the hassle of bread boarding and wiring.…”

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“…For instance, the Look Up Table (LUT) is nothing more than a RAM memory that stores a truth table. There are some concrete experiences in treating this particular point in labs 13 . Hence, it is highly advisable to incorporate the study of the technology of FPGAs into courses of Digital Design.…”

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New Digital Systems Technology: New Challenges in Teaching Digital Technology Courses

Koeneke-Ramirez¹,

Rahrooh²,

Moore³

2012 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Technology Department at Daytona State College. She achieved her doctoral degree in the industrial engineering and Management System Department at University of Central Florida (UCF) in 2008. She attained her M.S. in industrial engineering, management track, at UCF in 2004, and her bachelor's degree in industrial engineering at the UNEXPO University in Venezuela in 2001. Her recent researches include business processes improvement in healthcare and e-government, quality assurance practices in government entities, application of supply chain model in service organizations, and simulation. She is a specialist in the quality assurance field, with certification in Six Sigma Black Belt, metrology, industrial safety, quality systems, and Internal Auditor for ISO 9000.

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Introducing Programmable Logic to Undergraduate Engineering Students in a Digital Electronics Course

Cited by 14 publications

References 9 publications

Virtualization for Cost-Effective Teaching of Assembly Language Programming

Virtualization for Cost-Effective Teaching of Assembly Language Programming

A Hierarchical Project-Based Introduction to Digital Logic Design Course

New Digital Systems Technology: New Challenges in Teaching Digital Technology Courses

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