LOGSYS: A simple tool for complex student projects

Abstract

The LOGSYS Development Environment is used as a versatile tool in different levels of the education of the B.Sc. and M.Sc. Embedded System courses. The motivation at the introduction was to provide an affordable platform to every student, which offers compatibility with the existing industry standard solutions, while can support practical design work from the basic examples, through simple systems, up to the modern model based methodologies. The main components of the solution include the FPGA board, the development cable and the user application. The USB powered compact board makes possible its usage during class work, allowing direct experience on the presented topics. The LOGSYS tool set is compatible with the major Xilinx software components, like ISE, EDK, ChipScope, and offers the usability of MATLAB Simulink/System Generator and LabVIEW FPGA Module. These two later model based methodologies are very useful in case of the DSP and control type applications.