Teaching embedded programming to electrical engineers, BioEngineers, and mechanical engineers via the escape platform

Author

Shaoyi Su ; Kerwin, J. ; Crowe, S. ; Cavallaro, J.R. ; Woods, G.L.

Author_Institution

Rice Univ., Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Houston, TX, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

4-5 March 2013

Firstpage

87

Lastpage

92

Abstract

We report the development and initial deployment of the Escape Platform, a printed circuit board (PCB) and software base for instructional use in two engineering courses at Rice University: the capstone Senior Design course and the Introduction to Computer Engineering course. The capstone course includes interdisciplinary teams of seniors in Electrical, Mechanical and BioEngineering while the Computer Engineering course is targeted at freshman and sophomore Electrical Engineers and Computer Scientists. In this paper we describe hardware and software features of the Escape Platform and the related content in courses in which it will be used. The first deployment of the Escape Platform in these courses is currently underway; we provide some initial observations of the Escape Platform´s utility.

Keywords

biomedical education; computer aided instruction; educational courses; electrical engineering education; embedded systems; printed circuits; BioEngineers; PCB; Rice University; computer engineering course; electrical engineers; engineering courses; escape platform; mechanical engineers; printed circuit board; senior design course; teaching embedded programming; Bluetooth; Computers; Laboratories; Microcontrollers; Programming profession; Software; Analog Signal Conditioning; Bluetooth; Capstone Course; Embedded Programming; Interdisciplinary Education; MSP430; Microcontroller;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Education Conference (IEDEC), 2013 3rd

Conference_Location

Santa Clara, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5113-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEDEC.2013.6526766

Filename

6526766