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Diversified Projects In Microcontroller Class Enhances Undergraduate Students’ Learning, Design And Research, Vicky Fang, Samuel L. Sangregory, Clinton E. Kohl

Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Publications

Understanding the use of microcontrollers is fundamental in both Electrical and Computer Engineering undergraduate programs. Our school replaced our microprocessor class with microcontroller class in year 2010 due to the fast growing popularity of microcontrollers. In the first two years of offering this class, a more traditional “lectures plus weekly Lab” model was used. Students received background knowledge in the lecture and applied that information in the lab. In order to improve students’ ability to design, problem solve and research, a new teaching approach was adopted for this course in 2012. After preparing the class with sufficient fundamental knowledge, they …