Project-Based Learning Laboratory for Teaching Embedded Systems
This paper presents a project-based learning laboratory for the teaching of embedded systems. The main objectives are to encourage students studying the embedded systems course in developing hardware solutions for real engineering problems and to include aspects of other courses studied within the a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2015-01-01
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| Series: | Mathematical Problems in Engineering |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/236749 |
| Summary: | This paper presents a project-based learning
laboratory for the teaching of embedded systems. The
main objectives are to encourage students studying the
embedded systems course in developing hardware solutions
for real engineering problems and to include aspects of
other courses studied within the academic programmes.
One of the aims of project-based learning (PRBL) is
to integrate different courses in the achievement of a
common objective, within a multidisciplinary course of the
academic programme. In the present case, this module
is the final project of the embedded systems course.
The project in question concerns a temperature control
system for an industrial drier, equipped with a remote
system for configuration and data acquisition. The design
of the drier, as well as elaboration of the entire electronic
system involving drivers and sensors, was undertaken by
the students using a kit with a microcontroller specific
for the development of embedded systems. The results
of opinion surveys conducted with the students following
implementation of the PRBL proposal were used to validate
the procedure. Full details of the development and
results of the project are provided, with the aim of assisting
professors and students of similar courses. |
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| ISSN: | 1024-123X 1563-5147 |