Remote Prototyping of FPGA-Based Devices in the IoT Concept during the COVID-19 Pandemic
This paper presents a system for the remote design and testing of electronic circuits and devices with FPGAs during COVID-19 and similar lockdown periods when physical access to laboratories is not permitted. The system is based on the application of the IoT concept, in which the final device is a t...
Main Authors: | , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
MDPI AG
2022-05-01
|
Series: | Electronics |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/11/9/1497 |
_version_ | 1797505100848037888 |
---|---|
author | Michał Melosik Mariusz Naumowicz Marek Kropidłowski Wieslaw Marszalek |
author_facet | Michał Melosik Mariusz Naumowicz Marek Kropidłowski Wieslaw Marszalek |
author_sort | Michał Melosik |
collection | DOAJ |
description | This paper presents a system for the remote design and testing of electronic circuits and devices with FPGAs during COVID-19 and similar lockdown periods when physical access to laboratories is not permitted. The system is based on the application of the IoT concept, in which the final device is a test board with an FPGA chip. The system allows for remote visual inspection of the board and the devices linked to it in the laboratory. The system was developed for remote learning taking place during the lockdown periods at Poznan University of Technology (PUT) in Poland. The functionality of the system is confirmed by two demonstration tasks (the use of the temperature and humidity DHT11 sensor and the design of a generator of sinusoidal waveforms) for students in the fundamentals of digital design and synthesis courses. The proposed solution allows, in part, to bypass the time-consuming simulations, and accelerate the process of prototyping digital circuits by remotely accessing the infrastructure of the microelectronics laboratory. |
first_indexed | 2024-03-10T04:13:48Z |
format | Article |
id | doaj.art-228590fd836046689d7705c64572803f |
institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
issn | 2079-9292 |
language | English |
last_indexed | 2024-03-10T04:13:48Z |
publishDate | 2022-05-01 |
publisher | MDPI AG |
record_format | Article |
series | Electronics |
spelling | doaj.art-228590fd836046689d7705c64572803f2023-11-23T08:04:26ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922022-05-01119149710.3390/electronics11091497Remote Prototyping of FPGA-Based Devices in the IoT Concept during the COVID-19 PandemicMichał Melosik0Mariusz Naumowicz1Marek Kropidłowski2Wieslaw Marszalek3Department of Computer Science and Telecommunications, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 3, 60-965 Poznan, PolandDepartment of Computer Science and Telecommunications, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 3, 60-965 Poznan, PolandDepartment of Computer Science and Telecommunications, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 3, 60-965 Poznan, PolandDepartment of Computer Science, Opole University of Technology, Proszkowska 76, 45-758 Opole, PolandThis paper presents a system for the remote design and testing of electronic circuits and devices with FPGAs during COVID-19 and similar lockdown periods when physical access to laboratories is not permitted. The system is based on the application of the IoT concept, in which the final device is a test board with an FPGA chip. The system allows for remote visual inspection of the board and the devices linked to it in the laboratory. The system was developed for remote learning taking place during the lockdown periods at Poznan University of Technology (PUT) in Poland. The functionality of the system is confirmed by two demonstration tasks (the use of the temperature and humidity DHT11 sensor and the design of a generator of sinusoidal waveforms) for students in the fundamentals of digital design and synthesis courses. The proposed solution allows, in part, to bypass the time-consuming simulations, and accelerate the process of prototyping digital circuits by remotely accessing the infrastructure of the microelectronics laboratory.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/11/9/1497Internet of Thingsremote prototypingFPGA devicesundergraduate teachingdigital design and synthesis labCOVID-19 lockdowns |
spellingShingle | Michał Melosik Mariusz Naumowicz Marek Kropidłowski Wieslaw Marszalek Remote Prototyping of FPGA-Based Devices in the IoT Concept during the COVID-19 Pandemic Electronics Internet of Things remote prototyping FPGA devices undergraduate teaching digital design and synthesis lab COVID-19 lockdowns |
title | Remote Prototyping of FPGA-Based Devices in the IoT Concept during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full | Remote Prototyping of FPGA-Based Devices in the IoT Concept during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_fullStr | Remote Prototyping of FPGA-Based Devices in the IoT Concept during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Remote Prototyping of FPGA-Based Devices in the IoT Concept during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_short | Remote Prototyping of FPGA-Based Devices in the IoT Concept during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_sort | remote prototyping of fpga based devices in the iot concept during the covid 19 pandemic |
topic | Internet of Things remote prototyping FPGA devices undergraduate teaching digital design and synthesis lab COVID-19 lockdowns |
url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/11/9/1497 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT michałmelosik remoteprototypingoffpgabaseddevicesintheiotconceptduringthecovid19pandemic AT mariusznaumowicz remoteprototypingoffpgabaseddevicesintheiotconceptduringthecovid19pandemic AT marekkropidłowski remoteprototypingoffpgabaseddevicesintheiotconceptduringthecovid19pandemic AT wieslawmarszalek remoteprototypingoffpgabaseddevicesintheiotconceptduringthecovid19pandemic |