The Freshman and Sophomore Digital Laboratory

9352234坎宁安项目概述该项目将振兴和改善一个介绍性数字实验室。具体地说，该项目有三个主要目的：(I)向一年级学生介绍符号计算；(Ii)向二年级学生介绍现场可编程门阵列(FPGA)；(Iii)将使用个人计算机(PC)的入门级学生与使用X-Windows的工作站连接起来。它将改变我们所有一年级、二年级和三年级电气工程课程的课程内容。教授大一新生Maple(符号计算)和MatLab(高级数值计算)将使他们在所有的数学、科学和工程课程上更加有效。使用带有适当软件的现场可编程门阵列将允许大二的数字电子学学生在每周实验室课程的时间限制内解决现实世界的问题。在PC上运行X-Windows和Microsoft Windows将使初学者能够在PC、电气工程系SUN和Tech Computer Center工作站上访问各种易于使用的基于图形的工具。这将在友好的气氛中以较低的每用户成本向广大受众提供工作站工具。***

9352234 Cunningham Project SummaryThis project will revitalize and improve an introductory digital laboratory. Specifically the project has three main purposes: (i) introducing symbolic computation to freshmen, (ii) introducing field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) to sophomores, and (iii) connecting entry level students using personal computers (PC) to workstations using X-Windows. It will change the course content in all of our freshman, sophomore, and junior electrical engineering classes. Teaching freshmen Maple (symbolic computation) and MATLAB (high level numerical computation) will make them more effective in all of their mathematics, science, and engineering classes. Using FPGAs with the proper software will allow sophomore digital electronics students to solve real world problems within the time constraints of a weekly laboratory session. Running X- Windows with Microsoft Windows on PCs will give beginning students access to a variety of easy-to-use graphics based tools on the PCs, the Electrical Engineering Department SUNs, and the Tech Computer Center workstations. This will provide workstation tools to a wide audience, in a friendly atmosphere, at a low cost per user. ***