Title :
A Freshman ´Introduction to ECE Design´ Course Based on the LEGO Mindstorms NXT
Author :
Williams, Douglas B.
Author_Institution :
Center for Signal & Image Process., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA
Abstract :
Faculty members from Georgia Tech´s School of electrical and computer engineering (ECE) have worked jointly with engineers from National Instruments to develop a new freshman course. This course, entitled ´Introduction to ECE Design,´ is constructed around the LEGO Mindstorms NXT robotics kit. This course addresses the diverse objectives of providing students with a systems-level design experience at the begi.nning of their academic programs and introducing them to a broad range of ECE disciplines. A primary goal is to enable students to make better-informed decisions when choosing whether or not to major in electrical engineering or computer engineering.
Keywords :
computer science education; educational courses; educational technology; electrical engineering education; ECE design course; LEGO mindstorms NXT; academic programs; computer engineering; electrical engineering; freshman course; robotics kit; Charge measurement; Current measurement; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Hardware; Instruments; Power measurement; Programming environments; Robots; Signal processing; freshmen engineering; robotics; signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Signal Processing Workshop and 5th IEEE Signal Processing Education Workshop, 2009. DSP/SPE 2009. IEEE 13th
Conference_Location :
Marco Island, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3677-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3677-4
DOI :
10.1109/DSP.2009.4785963
