A Laboratory to Support Computer-Aided Digital Systems Design

这个项目的主要目标是在广泛的本科生数字系统设计活动中引入和使用现代的、基于计算机的设计工具和方法。其目的是在课程的早期引入这些工具和方法，以便学生在将它们应用到高级水平之前能够很好地掌握它们的使用。这种方法将极大地加强数字系统设计的教学，并将向学生介绍当前的行业实践。请拨经费发展一个计算机辅助工程实验室，以支持有关设计和实施数字系统的五门课程。该实验室将由六个实验站组成网络，每个实验站由一个逻辑分析系统与一个工程工作站相连，并由计算机辅助工程软件提供支持。网络服务器将支持实验室站点之间的文件和程序共享。其想法是将逻辑分析系统的功能与工程工作站的功能集成在一起，形成一个单一的支持环境。学生将首先在工作站上通过模拟开发和验证电路设计。然后将建造一个原型。逻辑分析系统由工作站软件驱动，使用仿真结果，通过将观察到的原型行为与电路仿真指示的预期行为进行比较，来测试原型。可以根据需要对原始设计和/或原型进行修改。

The principal goal of this project is to introduce and use modern, computer-based design tools and methodologies in a broad range of undergraduate digital systems design activities. The intent is to introduce such tools and methods early in the program so that students can become well-versed in their use before applying them at the advanced level. This approach will greatly enhance instruction in digital systems design and will also introduce students to current industry practice. Funds are requested for the development of a computer-aided engineering laboratory to support five courses dealing with the design and implementation of digital systems. The laboratory will consist of a network of six lab stations, each consisting of a logic analysis system coupled to an engineering workstation and supported by computer-aided engineering software. A network server will accommodate file and program sharing among the lab stations. The idea is to integrate the capabilities of the logic analysis system with those of the engineering workstation to form a single support environment. A student will first develop and verify, via simulation, a circuit design on the workstation. A prototype will then be constructed. The logic analysis system, driven by workstation software and using the simulation results, will be used to test the prototype by comparing the observed prototype behavior to the expected behavior indicated by the circuit simulation. Modification of the original design and/or prototype can occur as desired.