Title :
Education of Digital and Analog Circuits supported by computer algebra system
Author :
Kyncl, Jan ; Novotný, Martin
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Electr. Eng., Czech Tech. Univ. in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Abstract :
We describe our approach in education of the course Digital and Analog Circuits, which belongs to curricula of the Informatics study program. For analysis of analog and simple digital circuits we use computer algebra system Mathematica, which minimizes the amount of routine, handy calculations. This fact enables focusing on the problem and solving more examples, which in turn provides better comprehension of the topic. As Mathematica is later used in subsequent courses, its knowledge is utilized in these courses. Last, but not least, Mathematica provides several programming paradigms, which can be easy demonstrated to students of Informatics study program.
Keywords :
analogue circuits; computer aided instruction; digital circuits; educational courses; electronic engineering computing; electronic engineering education; mathematics computing; process algebra; symbol manipulation; Mathematica; computer algebra system; digital-and-analog circuits course; informatics study program; programming paradigm; Algebra; Approximation methods; Computers; Equations; Mathematical model; Pixel; Programming;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Rio de Janeiro
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9473-6
Electronic_ISBN :
0271-4302
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2011.5937572