Modernization of teaching in embedded systems design - An international collaborative project

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 254-262

  Nooshabadi, Saeid ^a   Garside, Jim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embedded systems teaching; International collaboration in teaching; Microprocessor design teaching; Programmable hardware development board

Indexed keywords

CD-ROM; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CURRICULA; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; STUDENTS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER ENGINEERING; EMBEDDED SYSTEM DESIGN; LEARNING TOOL;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 33646493328     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2006.872402     Document Type: Review

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