Title :
REPTAR: A universal platform for codesign applications
Author :
Dassatti, Alberto ; Auberson, Olivier ; Bornet, Romain ; Messerli, Etienne ; Stadelmann, Jerome ; Thoma, Yann
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Bus. & Eng. Vaud, Univ. of Appl. Sci. Western Switzerland, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
Abstract :
Embedded systems are shaping a new world. There is no sector immune to their adoption and the effects in the long term are unpredictable and fascinating. Embedded systems are designed by embedded system engineers. What technical education and what kind of practical skills these new engineers will need? This is a complex and unanswered question. In this paper we describe our proposal to equip engineering students with knowledge and experience: REPTAR. REPTAR (Reconfigurable Embedded Platform for Training And Research) is a feature rich complex embedded system designed for giving the opportunity to tomorrow´s engineers of having hands-on experience on modern technologies and learning by doing. As a side effect REPTAR revealed itself as an invaluable tool for rapid prototyping and research explorations.
Keywords :
computer based training; computer science education; embedded systems; reconfigurable architectures; REPTAR; codesign applications; complex embedded system; embedded systems; rapid prototyping; reconfigurable embedded platform for training and research; research explorations; universal platform; Education; Embedded systems; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Linux; Real-time systems;
Conference_Titel :
Education and Research Conference (EDERC), 2014 6th European Embedded Design in
Conference_Location :
Milano
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6841-1
DOI :
10.1109/EDERC.2014.6924369