Hardware lab at home possible with ultra low cost boards [logic design course]

Abstract

This paper describes a new logic design course implementation in 2004. In the new course the labs and the evaluation methods were changed. In the old course the labs were developed in a traditional manner in the school lab rooms; and in the present system the lab assignments were done in the student's home with a new designed PLD board, and then presented and evaluated by the teachers. The boards were successfully designed, and a great number of these hardware kits were assembled and distributed to the groups of students for the whole semester. The goals were fulfilled with good acceptance from the students and many advantages from an educational point of view.