Planting, A., & Loo, S. M. (2012, June), It Blinked! Empowering Students with an Improved Microprocessors Course  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--21623

\bibitem{asee_peer_21623}
  Planting, A., \& Loo, S. M. (2012, June), \emph{It Blinked! Empowering Students with an Improved Microprocessors Course}
  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas.
  10.18260/1-2--21623

Arlen Planting and Sin Ming Loo.  "It Blinked! Empowering Students with an Improved Microprocessors Course".  2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2012.  https://peer.asee.org/21623 Internet.  13 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_21623}
  Arlen Planting and Sin Ming Loo.
  "It Blinked! Empowering Students with an Improved Microprocessors Course".
  \emph{2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2012.
  https://peer.asee.org/21623 Internet.  13 Dec, 2024

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AB  - It Blinked! Empowering Students with an Improved Microprocessors Course                                            AbstractThe junior microprocessors course at Boise State University was updated in 2007 by adopting asoft-core processor and adding the C programming language to teach the basics ofmicroprocessors and peripheral interfacing techniques. The introduction of soft-core processorswas not the focus of the course, but their usage provides an effective, flexible platform forteaching microprocessor concepts with both the assembly and C languages. Though the courseupdate was begun with a well-defined set of objectives, not all of these goals were immediatelyachieved.   The goals have eventually been accomplished through a process of continualimprovements over the past 5 years, and the results are evident in a better grade distribution,increased student enthusiasm, and subsequent student successes.        This paper discusses theimprovement since our initial implementation [1,2]. The key improvements include eliminatingthose software layers that hide the underlying hardware and prevent direct interaction with theprocessor, making usage of the soft-core processor transparent, so the students perceive thedevelopment board as a discrete microprocessor, developing an in-house course referencetailored to the desired course objectives, and optimizing the concept presentation sequence.[1] Arlen Planting, Sin Ming Loo, “Synergies Of Teaching Assembly And C In A JuniorMicroprocessors Course,” 2009 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.[2] Arlen Planting and S. Ming Loo, “On the Use of a Soft-Core Processor in JuniorMicroprocessors Course,” 2008 ASEE Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, June 22-25, 2008.
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