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A Survey Of Digital Systems Curriculum And Pedagogy In Electrical And Computer Engineering Programs, Hector A. Ochoa, Mukul V. Shirvaikar
A Survey Of Digital Systems Curriculum And Pedagogy In Electrical And Computer Engineering Programs, Hector A. Ochoa, Mukul V. Shirvaikar
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Digital Systems is one of the basic foundational courses in Electrical and Computer Engineering. One of the challenges in designing and modifying the curriculum for the course is the fast pace of technology change in the area. TTL chips that were in vogue with students building physical circuits, have given way to new paradigms like FPGA based synthesis with hardware description languages such as VHDL. However, updating a course is not as simple as just changing the book, and changing the syllabus. A large amount of work needs to be done in terms of selecting the book that will accommodate …