An introductory digital design course using a low-cost autonomous robot
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20295702 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K E Newman, Kimberly Newman (0000-0002-2602-7207, University of Denver), J O Hamblen (Georgia Institute of Technology), Tyson S Hall (Georgia Institute of Technology) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 289-296 |
| Publication date | 2002-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | IEEE Transactions on Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-9359 • E-ISSN: 1557-9638 |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1109/te.2002.1024623 |
| OpenAlex | W2147688363 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 8 |
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
Computer engineering · Computer hardware · Control engineering · Digital electronics · Electrical engineering · Electronic circuit · Embedded system · Field-programmable gate array · Hardware description language · Logic gate · Logic synthesis · Robot · Simple (philosophy) · VHDL · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Engineering · Engineering Education and Pedagogy · Experimental Learning in Engineering · Mechatronics Education and Applications
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| Citations per year | 0.32 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2011 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |