Development of a Complete Computer Design Environment

一种设计环境正在被开发，在这种环境中，计算机工程专业的学生参与了为期一年的高级设计序列，整合了之前所有课程和实验室中所学和实践的材料。在小组合作中，学生有责任设计一个基于计算机的设备。每个小组用C语言设计硬件和软件，制作原型，并编写文档。重点介绍了软件与硬件的接口，包括系统软件和中断程序。支持这项工作的主要设备是先进的程序开发系统、逻辑分析仪、示波器和EPROM编程器。

A design environment is being developed in which computer engineering students participate in a year long senior design sequence integrating material learned and practiced in all previous courses and laboratories. Working in groups, students are given the responsibility to design a computer-based device. Each group designs both the hardware and the software in the C language, produces a prototype, and writes the documentation. Emphasis is placed on the software to hardware interface which includes system software and interrupt routines. The major equipment to support this effort are an advanced program development system, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and an EPROM programmer.