HDL-s and FPGA-s in digital design education

Abstract

To teach digital design efficiently, advantages of the technology should be taken into account. In this paper, an overview is given how hardware description languages (HDL) and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) are used at Tallinn University of Technology in digital design education in various related courses. The courses are taught for IT-students with different background - computer engineering, electronics, etc. Observations made and experiences learnt from running the courses over few years are described.