MAP-microcomputer applications project

The formation and operation of MAP, a microcomputer applications project designed to involve undergraduate engineering students in microcomputers, are described. The project was set up to accommodate students with a wide range of backgrounds, starting at one end of the scale with those with no microcomputer experience at all, and at the other end of the scale, including students with their own equipment and with several years of experience using it. The project has resulted in the generation of a wide range of powerful and useful computational tools suitable for use in a microcomputer-based engineering workstation environment. The programs have included analysis optimization, and sensitivity determination, as well as several programs in the area of filter design and approximation.<>