Publication Date
2016
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Many computer organization courses teach digital design and processor architecture without a hardware lab or physical equipment. This paper introduces a module to allow students to export digital designs as C programs that run on an inexpensive Arduino Uno, thereby allowing students to test and observe their designs in actual hardware with minimal setup time and equipment. The module runs within Emumaker86, an open-source digital design tool previously developed by the author for teaching microprocessor architecture, and can handle designs ranging from simple combinational circuits to a complete processor. Students were given this module in an undergraduate "Systems Computing" course, and developed a traffic light controller, a postfix evaluator, and a processor of their own design.
Original Citation
Black, M. (2016). Export to Arduino: A Tool to Teach Processor Design on Real Hardware. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 31(6), 21-26.
Virtual Commons Citation
Black, Michael (2016). Export to Arduino: A Tool to Teach Processor Design on Real Hardware. In Computer Science Faculty Publications. Paper 12.
Available at: https://vc.bridgew.edu/compsci_fac/12
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