Paper Info
Title
Using virtual platform in embedded system education
Abstract
This article presents our cost-effective curriculum on embedded systems. Education on embedded systems requires coverage of both hardware and software aspects of the systems. Our curriculum uses one monolithic environment, virtual platform, to introduce all the layers of the system components (i.e., from hardware to operating systems to user applications). It is cost-effective since a hardware system is replaced by a virtual platform. Correspondingly, hardware boards and a lab space are not required. Yet, students are able to make modifications easily on hardware and software components of interest, fully exercising the system. Students responded to the course survey that they are knowledgeable on how embedded systems work after taking the course. Especially, students responded that the virtual platform is effective to use, in place of a hardware platform to learn embedded systems. The course materials are available to the public from a website at Korea University. (c) 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 20: 346355, 2012
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1002/cae.20401
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION
Keywords
Field
DocType
embedded systems,virtual platform,curriculum,education
Software engineering,Simulation,Computer science,Virtual platform,Curriculum,Software,Component-based software engineering,Course materials,Embedded system
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
20.0
2.0
1061-3773
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
0.59
9
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Heui-Seok Lim117632.43
Heonchang Yu222729.58
Taeweon Suh317122.47