Collection

2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Sohum Sohoni; David Fritz; Wira Mulia

simulated via TExaS) to control its speed as if it were thecar‟s engine, and built a more realistic system with more features such as suspending the cruisecontrol and resuming the last set speed.While the course has been popular, and the labs have motivated the students to explore and learnthe features of the 6811, there have been consistent complaints regarding the lack of realhardware. From the instructor‟s perspective, although the simulation environment is helpful, itpresents a steep learning curve for the students, does not translate easily to real systems, andabove all, does not lend itself to class-wide collaboration or large teams. Research shows thatstudents learn best from experience gained programming real systems[6]. Without this