Some Tools for Aiding Teaching the Basics of Digital Electronics and Signal Processing

Suvi Karhu, Jarmo T. Alander, Otto Nurmi

2015

Abstract

In this paper we describe some computing tools designed for aiding teaching of the basics of digital electronics and its applications mainly in signal processing for university studies of engineering. In this study we have developed two types of teaching tools: firstly, several small JavaScript-based simulation tools for visualizing the basic functions of digital circuits and their hardware design language models, and secondly, an FPGA-based FIR filter system for showing how to perform simple digital signal processing tasks with FPGAs.

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Karhu S., T. Alander J. and Nurmi O. (2015). Some Tools for Aiding Teaching the Basics of Digital Electronics and Signal Processing . In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-107-6, pages 193-201. DOI: 10.5220/0005408501930201


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@conference{csedu15,
author={Suvi Karhu and Jarmo T. Alander and Otto Nurmi},
title={Some Tools for Aiding Teaching the Basics of Digital Electronics and Signal Processing},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2015},
pages={193-201},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005408501930201},
isbn={978-989-758-107-6},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - Some Tools for Aiding Teaching the Basics of Digital Electronics and Signal Processing
SN - 978-989-758-107-6
AU - Karhu S.
AU - T. Alander J.
AU - Nurmi O.
PY - 2015
SP - 193
EP - 201
DO - 10.5220/0005408501930201