Research and training environment for digital design and test

Author

Ubar, Raimund ; Wuttke, Heinz-Dietrich

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Eng., Tallinn Univ. of Technol., Estonia

fYear

2004

fDate

20-23 Oct. 2004

Abstract

An environment directed to e-learning is presented for teaching test generation and fault diagnosis in digital circuits. The environment consists of a set of Java applets for learning basics of test preliminary and of a set of low-cost tools for research oriented training in more advanced topics of test. The tools support university courses on digital electronics, computer hardware, testing and design for testability. They help to learn by hands-on exercises bow to generate tests, how to build self-testing systems, how to analyze the quality of tests or testing hardware and how to localize faults in hardware. The tasks chosen for hands-on training represent simultaneously real research problems, which allow to foster in students critical thinking, problem solving skills and creativity.

Keywords

Internet; Java; computer based training; distance learning; educational courses; electronic engineering education; fault diagnosis; Java applets; computer hardware; digital circuits; digital electronics; e-learning; fault diagnosis; hands-on training; problem solving skills; research oriented training; self-testing system; students critical thinking; testability design; tools support university courses; Automatic testing; Circuit testing; Digital circuits; Education; Electronic equipment testing; Electronic learning; Fault diagnosis; Hardware; Java; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education, 2004. FIE 2004. 34th Annual

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8552-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2004.1408779

Filename

1408779