Title :
Using RASSP modules in a rapid system prototyping class
Author :
Landis, David L.
Author_Institution :
Center for Electron. Design, Commun. & Comput., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
Abstract :
The EE department at Penn State has developed a practice-oriented Rapid System Prototyping course. Emphasizing language-based top-down design, many of the course topics and techniques parallel those developed under the DoD RASSP (Rapid Prototyping of Application Specific Signal Processors) program. The course was augmented by extensive use of CD-ROM and WWW resources; in particular, selections from the RASSP Education and Facilitation (E&F) instructional modules were used in-class, and many more RASSP modules were assigned in the readings. This paper briefly describes our experiences with this course, and with the RASSP modules as a supplement to conventional class materials
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; educational courses; electronic engineering computing; electronic engineering education; field programmable gate arrays; hardware description languages; CD-ROM resources; FPGA; RASSP modules; Rapid Prototyping of Application Specific Signal Processors; VHDL; WWW resources; instructional modules; language-based top-down design; practice-oriented Rapid System Prototyping course; rapid system prototyping class; CD-ROMs; Digital systems; Educational programs; Field programmable gate arrays; Manufacturing; Nominations and elections; Prototypes; Software prototyping; Virtual prototyping; World Wide Web;
Conference_Titel :
Microelectronic Systems Education, 1999. MSE'99. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0312-8
DOI :
10.1109/MSE.1999.787034
