A Case for the VMEbus Architecture in Embedded Systems Education

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ID20294477
AuthorsKenneth G Ricks (University of Alabama), D J Jackson (0000-0001-6227-8524, University of Alabama)
Year2006
Volume49
Issue3
Pages332-345
Publication date2006-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIEEE Transactions on Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-9359 • E-ISSN: 1557-9638
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1109/te.2006.879242
OpenAlexW2126513319
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited7

The VMEbus is an IEEE standard architecture upon which many embedded and real-time systems are built. The VMEbus architecture has existed for nearly 25 years and has been used extensively for military, industrial, and aerospace applications. This paper describes the general characteristics of the VMEbus architecture, specifically relating these characteristics to aspects of embedded systems education included as components of the IEEE/ACM CE2004 computer engineering model curriculum. Portions of this model curriculum are currently being implemented at universities across the country as part of an increasing effort to address the need for embedded systems education. This evaluation will identify the strengths and weaknesses of this architecture as a general-purpose embedded systems educational tool. The VMEbus architecture is used in the laboratory component of an undergraduate embedded systems course at the University of Alabama (UA), Tuscaloosa. The assessment results evaluating its effectiveness are presented

Aerospace · Computer architecture · Curriculum · Embedded system · Operating system · Software engineering · VMEbus · Architecture · Computer Science · Embedded Systems Design Techniques · Engineering · Experimental Learning in Engineering · Real-Time Systems Scheduling · Software

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