Questions tagged [hardware]
For questions about teaching physical computing, hands-on logic design (simulation or FPGA) and peripherals. If your question is about making a demo, or fixing some hardware, this might not be the most appropriate place to ask the question.
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Sourcing PC parts for a hands-on workshop
I am trying to source for PC parts for a hands-on workshop. The goal is for students to learn how to assemble the main components of a PC into a desktop casing.
Due to the limited duration of the ...
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Practical assignments Hardware/Server projects
Due to a teacher shortage I will have a class of "IT-Systems & Devices" students in a couple of weeks. The class should be group projects of 3 students in which they will have to do ...
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Driven to Abstraction
One recurring discussion I have on this site which I have never understood is:
Why not teach people how computers work right away?
This always leads people to speculate about cosmic strings and other ...
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Finding "Filler" projects for students
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I live on the Dutch countryside, here there are several colleges/universities that offer IT degrees (post-secondary vocational education/ Bachelor Degree/Master Degree)....
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How do you wow second-year students into saying "bare-metal programming is cool!"?
Next semester I will be TAing a computer organization/assembly language course. I will be full-fledgedly (co-)teaching the lab. The first lab will take place before the first lecture, so me and the ...
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Is the CRT still relevant when introducing display hardware
In the context of an undergraduate course on microprocessors and architecture, I'm looking at how to introduce a VGA display peripheral. This is with the specific goal that they implement the ...
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What hardware can I use when teaching Compiler Language and Assembly Code
This year course includes creating a compiler of course using Syntax Analyzer and Lexical Analyzer, Semantics and of course through all this generate Assembly Code
But also the teaching program ...
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