Remote control and access to FPGAs development boards for remote learning of digital electronics courses

Alberto A.R.; Juan V.M. · Proceedings of the LACCEI international Multi-conference for Engineering, Education and Technology (2022) · DOI: 10.18687/laccei2022.1.1.110

Resumen

This paper describes the remote control and access to a FPGA development board for the verification of designs and pra ctical applications applied in the topics of digital electronics courses for undergraduate Engineering students. The board used is a DE1 from Altera in which it was connected to a microcontroller through its GPIO in order to generate input stimuli or impulses by controlling its buttons and pushbuttons. Through a graphical interface generated and loaded on the screen, you can manipulate these buttons and pushbuttons as if it were done on the board itself. The changes are visualized through a web camera connected to the computer and pointing to the development board. Test results show that designs made using the IDE of QUARTUS II can be successfully verified and tested on the board remotely. Complete compilation and remote-control times are around 8 to 9 seconds.

Instituciones: Universidad Tecnológica del Perú