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Embedded systems: teaching and design challenges for nonhomogeneous classes

The growth of technology leads the industry to move beyond and crosses the boundaries of its own disciplines. The changes from pure mechanical system, to electronics systems and the integration with control software brings new challenges to the engineers working in the industry and to the source sha...

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Main Authors: Ridwan, Intisar Ibrahim, Mohamed, Izzeldin Ibrahim, Ali, Rosmah, Elfadil, Nazar
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Published: Science and Engineering Research Support Society 2016
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/69368/
http://dx.doi.org/10.14257/ijmue.2016.11.10.22
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spelling my.utm.693682017-11-22T00:45:14Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/69368/ Embedded systems: teaching and design challenges for nonhomogeneous classes Ridwan, Intisar Ibrahim Mohamed, Izzeldin Ibrahim Ali, Rosmah Elfadil, Nazar L Education (General) The growth of technology leads the industry to move beyond and crosses the boundaries of its own disciplines. The changes from pure mechanical system, to electronics systems and the integration with control software brings new challenges to the engineers working in the industry and to the source shaped the engineers. As a result, institutes of higher education need to make the necessary changes to meet this continuing market demands. This work address the issue and describes a new systematic and an effective approach for teaching hardware based courses for large non-homogenous (Computer Science and Electronics students) class setting using existing e-learning system in the university to promote powerful, long-lasting learning outcomes. It is a blend of several approaches with an insightful goal to provoke deeper understanding in various topics in microprocessors and microcontrollers details, intended to teach the computer science students to learn low-level hardware interfacing, interrupt handling, and other microprocessors issues, as well as embedded systems through learning microcontrollers. Our methodology revolute around three steps: using visual simulators, incrementally weighted exercises, from easiest to hardest, and finally working on real hardware controllers. The proposed approaches developed for the course “Embedded Controller Technology”, but any other hardware based course can apply them. The approach comprises a 3-hour a week lecture and 2-hour a week laboratory, both taught in the 3rd semester. Imposing the approach leads to the overall improvement of the course quality: student satisfaction and interest, increased number of completed hardware projects and significant improvement in grade distribution and it has been observed that students feel better prepared to face the challenges to be found in their future professional activities. Science and Engineering Research Support Society 2016 Article PeerReviewed Ridwan, Intisar Ibrahim and Mohamed, Izzeldin Ibrahim and Ali, Rosmah and Elfadil, Nazar (2016) Embedded systems: teaching and design challenges for nonhomogeneous classes. International Journal of Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, 11 (10). pp. 221-244. ISSN 1975-0080 http://dx.doi.org/10.14257/ijmue.2016.11.10.22 DOI:10.14257/ijmue.2016.11.10.22
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topic L Education (General)
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Ridwan, Intisar Ibrahim
Mohamed, Izzeldin Ibrahim
Ali, Rosmah
Elfadil, Nazar
Embedded systems: teaching and design challenges for nonhomogeneous classes
description The growth of technology leads the industry to move beyond and crosses the boundaries of its own disciplines. The changes from pure mechanical system, to electronics systems and the integration with control software brings new challenges to the engineers working in the industry and to the source shaped the engineers. As a result, institutes of higher education need to make the necessary changes to meet this continuing market demands. This work address the issue and describes a new systematic and an effective approach for teaching hardware based courses for large non-homogenous (Computer Science and Electronics students) class setting using existing e-learning system in the university to promote powerful, long-lasting learning outcomes. It is a blend of several approaches with an insightful goal to provoke deeper understanding in various topics in microprocessors and microcontrollers details, intended to teach the computer science students to learn low-level hardware interfacing, interrupt handling, and other microprocessors issues, as well as embedded systems through learning microcontrollers. Our methodology revolute around three steps: using visual simulators, incrementally weighted exercises, from easiest to hardest, and finally working on real hardware controllers. The proposed approaches developed for the course “Embedded Controller Technology”, but any other hardware based course can apply them. The approach comprises a 3-hour a week lecture and 2-hour a week laboratory, both taught in the 3rd semester. Imposing the approach leads to the overall improvement of the course quality: student satisfaction and interest, increased number of completed hardware projects and significant improvement in grade distribution and it has been observed that students feel better prepared to face the challenges to be found in their future professional activities.
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author Ridwan, Intisar Ibrahim
Mohamed, Izzeldin Ibrahim
Ali, Rosmah
Elfadil, Nazar
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Mohamed, Izzeldin Ibrahim
Ali, Rosmah
Elfadil, Nazar
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title Embedded systems: teaching and design challenges for nonhomogeneous classes
title_short Embedded systems: teaching and design challenges for nonhomogeneous classes
title_full Embedded systems: teaching and design challenges for nonhomogeneous classes
title_fullStr Embedded systems: teaching and design challenges for nonhomogeneous classes
title_full_unstemmed Embedded systems: teaching and design challenges for nonhomogeneous classes
title_sort embedded systems: teaching and design challenges for nonhomogeneous classes
publisher Science and Engineering Research Support Society
publishDate 2016
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/69368/
http://dx.doi.org/10.14257/ijmue.2016.11.10.22
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