Facing System Complexity in the Undergraduate Digital Lab

该项目旨在更新数字设计的教学， 学生从第一次面对复杂系统的挑战， 暴露于主题。 现代计算机的最大挑战 设计试图以快速可靠的方式管理复杂性。 现代硬件设计主要由扩展设计者的 综合、模拟和测试能力。 教学数码 设计，即使是它的基础，没有探索这两个经典的原则， 现代的方法是过时的。 本项目将为系统分析添加适当的测试仪器 到一个本科生数字实验室， 设计和仿真工具。 该提案要求资金帮助 购买六台低端逻辑分析仪，以及一台功能强大的分析仪， 都有打印机。 这些工具是唯一合适的工具， 分析和调试任何东西，而不仅仅是运行缓慢的 速度. 逻辑分析仪将不仅用于支持项目 设计，但将为基础的一系列讲座演示 和实验作业，将被记录并提供给其他 机构职能体系

This project seeks to update the teaching of digital design by having students face the challenges of complex systems from their first exposure to the subject. The greatest challenge of modern computer design is trying to manage complexity in a quick and reliable fashion. Modern hardware design is dominated by tools that extend the designer's capabilities in synthesis, simulation, and test. Teaching digital design, even its basics, without exploring both classical principles and contemporary methods is anachronistic. This project will add proper test instrumentation for system analysis to an undergraduate digital laboratory that already includes computer design and simulation tools. The proposal requests funds to help purchase six low-end logic analyzers, and one more capable analyzer, all with printers. Such instruments are the only proper tool for analyzing and debugging anything beyond trivial circuits running a slow speeds. The logic analyzers will not only be used to support project design, but will for the basis for a series of lecture demonstrations and lab assignments that will be documented and available to other institutions.