Title :
A digital engineering curriculum with integrated, Windows-based EDA tools
Author :
Walczowski, L.T. ; Dimond, K.R. ; Waller, W.A.J.
Author_Institution :
Electron. Eng. Labs., Kent Univ., Canterbury, UK
Abstract :
The move to the Windows NT operating system by the University Computing Service, was an excellent opportunity for the Electronic Engineering Department at Kent to develop a new digital engineering curriculum, which closely integrated EDA tools and multi-media courseware into the syllabus. This paper examines the development of the curriculum and describes the software that has been integrated including tools for schematic capture, logic simulation, VLSI design and high-level simulation. The advantages of closely integrating computer based teaching with conventional lecture based material are described
Keywords :
VLSI; circuit CAD; circuit simulation; computer aided instruction; courseware; digital circuits; educational courses; electronic design automation; electronic engineering education; engineering graphics; graphical user interfaces; high level synthesis; integrated circuit design; logic simulation; operating systems (computers); ChipWise Tutor; Electronic Engineering Department; Kent; TINA; VLSI design; Windows NT operating system; Windows-based EDA tools; computer based teaching; digital engineering curriculum; high-level simulation; logic simulation; multi-media courseware; schematic capture; Computational modeling; Courseware; Education; Electronic design automation and methodology; Logic design; Multimedia computing; Multimedia systems; Operating systems; Software tools; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 1998 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lisboa
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5008-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICECS.1998.814022
