Hardware and software integrated coursework as a way of engineering ability training in the learning of digital electronics

Abstract

A new way oriented to engineering ability training by field programmable gate array-based hardware and software integrated coursework in the learning of digital electronics course in communication engineering is presented. This coursework is implemented in two stages during six weeks, the task of the first stage is hardware design, and the second stage task is the software design; all students are divided into several small teams with three or four persons in the process. A scheme for storing and configuring four different programs by a single programmable read-only memory (PROM)is given in hardware design. In the software design, it emphasizes the selection of the optimization scheme for different design schemes. Through competitive and engineering oriented design evaluation, the students are guided to combine theory with practice more closely to solve the actual engineering problems in the design.