The Development Of A Course In Programmable Digital Devices

In industry the requirement of short-time-to-market is playing an increasingly important role in product design. In the case of electronic equipment and devices this can be achieved by the use of programmable devices. It is therefore important for students, upon entry into the industry, to be conversant with the various architectures, development tools, trade offs and limitations of these devices. To this end a course in programmable digital devices (PDDs), a senior technical elective for electrical engineering technology majors was developed by the author at the University of Central Florida