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Author Newman, Kimberly E.; Hamblen, James O.; Hall, Tyson S. ; School of Engineering and Comp. Sci., University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208, United States
Source IEEE Trans Educ v 45 Issue:n 3 August 2002 p 289-296
Abstract This paper describes a new digital design laboratory developed for undergraduate students in this electrical and computer engineering curriculum. A top-down rapid prototyping approach with commercial computer-aided design tools and field-programmable logic devices (FPLDs) is used for laboratory projects. Students begin with traditional transistor-transistor logic-based projects containing a few gates and progress to designing a simple 16-bit computer, using very high-speed integrated circuits hardware description language (VHDL) synthesis tools and an FPLD. To help motivate students, the simple computer design is programmed to control a small autonomous robot with two servo drive motors and several sensors. The laboratory concludes with a team-based design project using the robot. [References: 16] (Auth abstract) XX