A project based master´s programme for SoF/SoC based sensor systems

Author

O´Nils, Mattias ; Oelmann, Bengt ; Bertilsson, Kent ; Nilsson, Hans-Erik ; Thungström, Göran

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Technol. & Media, Mid-Sweden Univ., Sundsvall, Switzerland

Volume

2

fYear

2005

fDate

28 Aug.-2 Sept. 2005

Abstract

We foresee an increase in communicating sensor systems, that we call Sensible Things that Communicate (STC). These systems range from simple powerless systems for monitoring temperature to complex imaging systems for control or classification. In this paper, we present the curriculum and pedagogical methods used in a master´s programme developed to meet the requirements that STC systems put on a designer. The goal for the programme has been to encourage the students to acquire knowledge from completing practical design cases, of industrial or academic interest. This has shown to be an effective method to learn and motivate the students.

Keywords

electric sensing devices; electronic engineering education; system-on-chip; SoC based sensor system; SoF based sensor system; communicating sensor system; electronics engineering curriculum; pedagogical methods; Control systems; Costs; Electrical equipment industry; Electronic mail; Fabrication; Hardware; Mobile communication; Sensor systems; Telephony; Temperature sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuit Theory and Design, 2005. Proceedings of the 2005 European Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9066-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECCTD.2005.1523008

Filename

1523008