Rethinking Embedded Microprocessor Education
Wayne H. Wolf · 2020
This paper considers the changing role of microprocessor-based systems courses in the curriculum and in practice.Advances in microprocessor and VLSI technology have greatly expanded the role of the microprocessor in a variety of systems applications; they have also caused the complexity of embedded microprocessor systems to increase.The new demands put on microprocessors requires new design techniques.We survey technological trends, discuss their implications for embedded systems education, and discuss our experience with a new embedded systems course at Princeton University.