Board # 23 : Integrating Computer Engineering Lab Using Spiral Model

A Hands-On Experiment to Study the Power and Thermal Characteristics of Digital Systems

“…Two experiments are described in the following subsections. These experiments are part of the computer engineering lab framework development discussed in [4].…”

“…The effectiveness of the development is evaluated by an array of assessment instruments, including contents tests, lab works, student survey, and student interviews. The assessment is reported in [4] and the survey result in [4] is shown in Table 1 (the score 1 for strongly disagree and the score 5 for strongly agree). While the assessment does not identify individual labs, we believe that the power and thermal experiments help to obtain overall positive responses.…”

Single-board Computer Used for Network Streaming Audio Player TFT Touchscreen-based Application

“…It matches well with the subject matter and presentation of knowledge in textbooks. Reliance on developing electronics and computer component level knowledge to the exclusion of other knowledge has its critics [1].…”

Board 21: A Simple SoC Platform for the Integrated Computer Engineering Lab Framework

“…Learning in one area supports learning in another." Instead of treating the labs as the adjuncts that follow the learning of the theories and presenting them in a limited "component context," we use them as a cohesive framework to connect and integrate the individual courses in the computer engineering curriculum, including freshman engineering, introductory digital systems, advanced digital systems, computer organization, embedded systems, hardware-software co-design, and senior capstone design [9]. This goal of the lab framework is to make students aware of the big picture, help them to connect the individual subjects, and apply and integrate the previous learning in a new context.…”