Digital Teaching an Embedded Systems Course by Using Simulators

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss how an embedded system course was transferred from classroom teaching to digital teaching using simulation tools instead of physical embedded systems hardware in a computer science undergraduate studies at the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences. We aligned our teaching to RISC-V based hard- and software as we have seen advantages due to open source. Our approach is described and the evaluation of the course by our students is given and discussed.CCS CONCEPTS• Social and professional topics $\rightarrow$ Computing education;• Computer systems organization $\rightarrow$ Embedded systems.ACM Reference Format:Matthias Koenig and Robin Rasch. 2021. Digital Teaching an Embedded Systems Course by Using Simulators. In WCAE ’21: Workshop on Computer Architecture Education, June 71, 2021, Online. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 7 pages.