Distance Learning in Digital Electronics: Laboratory Practice on FPGA

Abstract

Remote teaching and execution of exercises and experiments provide a wide flexibilityfor students in choosing time and place to study. Interactive remotely controlled experiments are nowadays possible in severalfields such as biochemistry, electronic measurements, digital electronics, etc.. In digital electronics an interesting application of remote teaching is given by Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA). In this paper a new implementation of a distance course for FPGA is proposed. The project is based on an e-learning system including a geographically distributed laboratory and allowing remote control of FPGA applications. Examples of distance-controlled binary to decimal converter, two-wheel vehicle and robotic arm are shown.

Laboratórios remotos e virtuais no Brasil com foco no ensino: Uma revisão sistemática da literatura

“…A solução de uso de laboratórios remotos ou virtuais traz alguns benefícios aos usuários como maior tempo de uso dos equipamentos, menos danos físicos aos equipamentos devido à má utilização e, conforme verificado por Persiano at al. (2007), o ensino remoto com experimentos reais permite superar barreiras fornecendo flexibilidade no ensino.…”