Increasing the attractivity of embedded systems courses

Brejcha, Philipp; Kramer, Michael; Beneder, Roman

doi:10.1109/educon.2012.6201153

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“…The differences in the prior knowledge have been considered in the design of a new laboratory, whose main goal is to support developers collecting their first experiences in the field of embedded systems. The topic of home automation was chosen in order to motivate the students with life-world related tasks [4]. The laboratories topics are listed in figure 1.…”

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Preparation for embedded systems laboratories the virtual workspace approach

Büchner

Jaschke

2013

2013 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)

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In this paper, an innovative environment to foster students' preparation for embedded systems laboratory is presented. A collection of tools is assembled into a virtual-machinebased environment on a USB flash drive to support the students work outside of the laboratory. Thus, students are enabled to develop applications without the corresponding hardware at a place and time of their choice. Targeted hardware platforms range from Atmel microcontrollers to Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and common Android smartphones. The laboratory, developed by the KOMINA project, represents the application area for our approach. It is accompanied by theoretical didactic research which focuses on higher education, too. The proposed approach is discussed in terms of benefits and limitations. An evaluation confirms the students' satisfaction.

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confidence: 99%