A teaching strategy for developing application specific architectures for FPGAs

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2008

Autores

João M. P. Cardoso (Autor) FEUP

Revista

Título: International Journal of Engineering Education

Vol. 24 Nº 4

Páginas: 833-842

ISSN: 0949-149X

Editora: Dublin Institute of Technology Tempus Publications

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 5 Citações

ISI Web of Science

Scopus - 6 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias > Engenharia electrotécnica, electrónica e informática

CORDIS: Ciências Tecnológicas > Engenharia

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-004-3ND

Abstract (EN): This paper presents an approach to teaching design of non-programmable application-specific architectures using VHDL, logic and physical synthesis tools and FPGAs. The approach relies on mini-projects that resemble typical problems that students may face in real-life concerning the design of application-specific architectures. The teaching approach presented in this paper supports the incremental learning of both VHDL and the tools used. as the projects are being developed, i.e., students are motivated to acquire skills at the pace at which those skills are required to advance project development. The results so far are very encouraging. Even students with little knowledge of hardware design and embedded systems have succeeded in their assignments. Feedback obtained front students reveals the suitability of certain aspects of the approach and the major difficulties they have faced.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 10