Improving the Instructional Laboratory for Digital Hardware Design

该项目在设备和教学方法方面对当前的数字硬件实验室进行了现代化改造。它支持重新设计的硬件开发系统和重新设计的实验室项目。保留了为期6个月的大型学生项目的概念，仍然需要用基本的集成电路组件构建功能齐全的小型计算机。新的学生项目将强调可编程逻辑器件，而不是硬连线电路，并将结合现代仿真和逻辑最小化工具。在该项目的微程序控制阶段，新设备将大大增强交互设计和调试能力。这个项目很重要，因为它提供了一个实验室，本科生可以使用可编程逻辑器件以及现代仿真和逻辑最小化工具来构建设计。

This project modernizes the current digital hardware laboratory in terms of both equipment and pedagogy. It supports a redesigned hardware development system and redesigned laboratory projects. The concept of a large student project that extends over a six month period is retained and the construction of a fully functional minicomputer from basic integrated circuit components is still required. New student projects will emphasize programmable logic devices in addition to hardwired circuits, and will incorporate modern simulation and logic minimization tools. In the microprogrammed-control phase of the project, the new equipment will offer greatly enhanced interactive design and debugging capabilities. This project is significant because it provides a laboratory in which undergraduate students can build designs using programmable logic devices as well as modern simulation and logic minimization tools.