SDLDS—System for Digital Logic Design and Simulation

Stanisavljevic, Zarko; Pavlović, Vladimir; Nikolić, Boško; Djordjevic, Jovan

doi:10.1109/te.2012.2211598

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“…New technologies such as simulations [8], remote laboratories [9], and educational opportunities such as massive open online courses (MOOCs) [10] are introducing new ways of teaching engineering in higher education. Even with new forms of teaching, the laboratory will play an important role in engineering education well into the future.…”

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“…Most of the research focused on teaching laboratories consists of studies into individual approaches/areas. For example Stanisavljevic et al [8] undertook a study to investigate the effect a new simulation package had on students. Howard and Boone [14] investigated what influenced students to enjoy science laboratories by comparing student satisfaction of an old and newly designed experiment.…”

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Decoding Student Satisfaction: How to Manage and Improve the Laboratory Experience

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, "Decoding student satisfaction: how to manage and improve the laboratory experience," IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 58, (3) pp. 151-1588Education, vol. 58, (3) pp. 151- , 2015 Decoding student satisfaction: how to manage and improve the laboratory experience AbstractThe laboratory plays an important role in teaching engineering skills. An Electrical Engineering department at an Australian University implemented a reform to monitor and improve student satisfaction with the teaching laboratories. A Laboratory Manager was employed to oversee the quality of 27 courses containing instructional laboratories. Student satisfaction surveys were carried out on all relevant laboratories every year, and the data were used for continuous improvement. This paper will investigate the reforms that were implemented and outline a number of the improvements made. It also examines the program's overall impact on: 1) overall satisfaction; 2) laboratory notes; 3) learning experiences; 4) computer facilities; 5) engineering equipment; and 6) condition of the laboratory. Student satisfaction with the laboratories increased by 32% between 2007 and 2013. The results show that the laboratory notes (activity and clarity) and the quality of the equipment used are among the most influential factors on student satisfaction. In particular, it is important to have notes or resources that explain in some detail how to use and troubleshoot equipment and software used in the laboratory. This article has been accepted for inclusion in a future issue of this journal. Content is final as presented, with the exception of pagination. Abstract-The laboratory plays an important role in teaching engineering skills. An Electrical Engineering department at an Australian University implemented a reform to monitor and improve student satisfaction with the teaching laboratories. A Laboratory Manager was employed to oversee the quality of 27 courses containing instructional laboratories. Student satisfaction surveys were carried out on all relevant laboratories every year, and the data were used for continuous improvement. This paper will investigate the reforms that were implemented and outline a number of the improvements made. It also examines the program's overall impact on: 1) overall satisfaction; 2) laboratory notes; 3) learning experiences; 4) computer facilities; 5) engineering equipment; and 6) condition of the laboratory. Student satisfaction with the laboratories increased by 32% between 2007 and 2013. The results show that the laboratory notes (activity and clarity) and the quality of the equipment used are among the most influential factors on student satisfaction. In particular, it is important to have notes or resources that explain in some detail how to use and troubleshoot equipment and software used in the laboratory.

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Decoding Student Satisfaction: How to Manage and Improve the Laboratory Experience

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“…Keeping classroom education of Boolean functions at the focus, several methodologies [23][24][25][26][27] that are mostly nongraphical and can best be demonstrated with systems with only a limited number of inputs have been proposed, in addition to more generalised software implementations [28][29][30][31][32] not directly useful for demonstrating the concepts through easy hand-calculations. Karnaugh-maps-due to the method's graphical nature-continue to be used as the first method to explain the optimization process in the switching theory textbooks [33] still today.…”

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A Novel Graphical Technique for Combinational Logic Representation and Optimization

Pandit

Schuller

2017

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We present a new technique for defining, analysing, and simplifying digital functions, through hand-calculations, easily demonstrable therefore in the classrooms. It can be extended to represent discrete systems beyond the Boolean logic. The method is graphical in nature and provides complete "implementation-free" description of the logical functions, similar to binary decision diagrams (BDDs) and Karnaugh-maps (K-maps). Transforming a function into the proposed representations (also the inverse) is a very intuitive process, easy enough that a person can hand-calculate these transformations. The algorithmic nature allows for its computing-based implementations. Because the proposed technique effectively transforms a function into a scatter plot, it is possible to represent multiple functions simultaneously. Usability of the method, therefore, is constrained neither by the number of inputs of the function nor by its outputs in theory. This, being a new paradigm, offers a lot of scope for further research. Here, we put forward a few of the strategies invented so far for using the proposed representation for simplifying the logic functions. Finally, we present extensions of the method: one that extends its applicability to multivalued discrete systems beyond Boolean functions and the other that represents the variants in terms of the coordinate system in use.

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“…However, some problems still exist in the laboratory teaching: 1) the types of devices do not kept the latest, and the scale of device library is not large enough, 2) the device consumption is high, and 3) students cannot observe and understand the working process of chips and circuits visually. Fortunately, with the enormous advancements in the fields of modern communication technology, network and virtual reality, various kinds of application software are used to support the teaching processes [1].…”

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Modeling Method for Virtual Digital Component Library

Xu¹,

Yang²,

Lü³

2018

dtssehs

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Abstract. The virtual experiment platform is introduced to address some issues in the laboratory teaching of engineering courses, such as equipment wear/damage and a lack of sound teaching strategies. The key module of the virtual platform is the virtual component library with the virtual digital component modeling as core. In this paper, the virtual digital component is abstracted and its model is described by using formal description. Then, three examples, based on the 74LS138, is given to explain the idea and implementation of the virtual digital component modeling (VDCM). In addition, the modeling we proposed is verified via a model-checking tool Uppaal, in terms of three properties: reachability, safety, and liveness. The experiment result shows that the proposed VDCM approach makes the virtual experiment platform more Scalable and reusable. Especially, a new virtual component can be modeled quickly through a simple configuration by using the VDCM.

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SDLDS—System for Digital Logic Design and Simulation

Cited by 32 publications

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Decoding Student Satisfaction: How to Manage and Improve the Laboratory Experience

Decoding Student Satisfaction: How to Manage and Improve the Laboratory Experience

A Novel Graphical Technique for Combinational Logic Representation and Optimization

Modeling Method for Virtual Digital Component Library

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