A New Digital System Course for Electrical Engineering

工程-电气(55)这个项目调查了数字系统导论课程从目前的门级设计到硬件描述语言(硬件描述语言)，寄存器传输级的重点的转变。重点放在当前设计方法和技能的基础上，以利用最新的高密度可编程器件和合成软件工具。国际学生联合会正在编写一本教科书、一套实验和一个网站，以详细介绍语域迁移水平设计的概念、原则和实践。学生调查提供关于内容、组织、主题的连续性和难度水平的反馈。高级设计课程的课程导师将评估学生的数字电路设计能力，并将其与上过传统数字系统课程的早期学生进行比较。PI计划在面向教育的会议上发表论文，为教育期刊准备手稿，并在他的网站上张贴完整的讲座幻灯片、课堂项目和实验室实验，以补充开发的教科书中的材料。

Engineering - Electrical (55)This project investigates a shift in the introductory digital systems course from the current focus on gate level design to a HDL (hardware description language), register-transfer level focus. The emphasis is placed on the fundamentals of current design methodologies and skills to utilize the latest high-density programmable devices and synthesis software tools. The PI is developing a textbook, a set of experiments, and a web site to provide a detailed coverage of the concepts, principles, and practices of register-transfer level design. Student surveys provide feedback on the content, organization, continuity of topics, and level of difficulty. Course instructors in the senior design course will assess the students' digital circuit design abilities and compare them to those of earlier students who had a traditional digital systems course. The PI is planning to present papers at education-oriented conferences, to prepare manuscripts for education journals, and to post complete lecture slide, class projects, and laboratory experiments on his web site to supplement the material in the developed textbook.