Computer-aided instruction for VLSI design using the NeXT workstation

Author

Foster, John ; Reason, Jonathan ; Smith, Michael

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., North Carolina A&T State Univ., Greensboro, NC, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

1-4 Apr 1990

Firstpage

18

Abstract

An interactive computer-aided instruction (CAI) environment for teaching the Mead and Conway approach (C. Mead, C. Conway, 1980) to VLSI design is presented. The NeXT workstation is used as the CAI platform due to its ease in integrating text, graphics, images, and sound to provide an interactive environment The resulting system is a Hypercard-like video/audio system which teaches the fundamentals of VLSI design. The student interacts with the NeXT machine on a self-paced regiment. Problem areas are prompted with the option of going into more detail. The NeXT CAI VLSI system is demonstrated and future research directions are discussed

Keywords

VLSI; circuit CAD; computer aided instruction; computer science education; microcomputer applications; teaching; CAI platform; Hypercard-like video/audio system; NeXT CAI VLSI system; NeXT workstation; VLSI design; future research directions; interactive computer-aided instruction; interactive environment; self-paced regiment; Application software; Audio systems; CMOS technology; Computer aided instruction; Computer graphics; Computer science education; Laboratories; Sun; Very large scale integration; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southeastcon '90. Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.1990.117760

Filename

117760