An SDRAM test education package that embeds the factory equipment into the e-learning server

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

Autores

José M. Martins Ferreira (Autor) FEUP; Ana C. Leão (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: International Journal of Online Engineering

Vol. 4

Páginas: 6-10

ISSN: 1868-1646

Editora: Kassel University Press GmbH

Indexação

INSPEC

Classificação Científica

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

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Abstract (EN): SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory) demand has grown exponentially since the 1980s, as a result of technological factors and new areas of application, particularly concerning communication and consumer electronics. The SDRAM market represented in 2007 c. 20% of the total semiconductor business and is seen as a strategic area, justifying private and public investment in the western and far-eastern economic communities. SDRAM test education is therefore an important subject, but very high purchase and maintenance costs keep test equipment beyond reach of most university test courses. This paper presents a pilot project addressing an SDRAM test education course developed jointly by Qimonda and the University of Porto (FEUP), where the company offers remote access to one if its Advantest SDRAM automatic test equipments. Access to this remote tester was embedded into the Moodle e-learning server that supports a new course entitled Electronic Systems Testing (TSEL), which is part of the Integrated Masters degree on Electrical and Computer Engineering at FEUP. The excellent feedback received from students encouraged us to extend this cooperation into an educational network, which is also introduced in this paper.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 5