Unified Learning Platform for Embedded Engineering

This paper presents the hardware and software architecture of a unified embedded engineering learning platform. The platform consists of a base board with FPGA and extension boards with microprocessors. The goal of the platform is to support laboratory exercises in the entire embedded engineering curriculum, reducing the overhead in giving tutorials to students and concentrating on the core material from each course. The platform has been evaluated with students and teachers in courses of the computer engineering curriculum at Faculty of Technical Sciences. The paper gives impressions from the pilot generation of students using the platform.