Teaching electronics in time of disease: virtual laboratory for Linux in embedded systems

Wojciech M. Zabołotny; Michał Kruszewski; Paweł Linczuk

doi:10.1117/12.2579423

14 October 2020 Teaching electronics in time of disease: virtual laboratory for Linux in embedded systems

Wojciech M. Zabołotny, Michał Kruszewski, Paweł Linczuk

Proceedings Volume 11581, Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High Energy Physics Experiments 2020; 1158105 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2579423
Event: Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High Energy Physics Experiments 2020, 2020, Wilga, Poland

Abstract

The pandemic crisis has significantly hindered the functioning of universities. The necessity to work remotely has disabled access to the hardware labs. In the teaching of embedded systems, the possibility of working with real hardware is really important. Fortunately, the embedded computer system itself may be efficiently emulated with QEMU. However, the problem may be the emulation of its environment, the I/O devices, especially those providing the user interface. This paper describes the methods to modify and use QEMU to emulate the real board used in the labs. It also discusses the advantages and limitations of such an approach. The elaborated methodology may be useful also after the pandemic, to support and improve teaching in normal conditions, e.g., by allowing students to perform at home the realistic experiments on emulated hardware.

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Wojciech M. Zabołotny, Michał Kruszewski, and Paweł Linczuk "Teaching electronics in time of disease: virtual laboratory for Linux in embedded systems", Proc. SPIE 11581, Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High Energy Physics Experiments 2020, 1158105 (14 October 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2579423

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