Metodologia para integração de projetos didáticos implementados em FPGAs.

Abstract

Developing educational projects implemented with FPGAs has become a common practice in courses such as Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science, besides Technical degrees. Nonetheless, a problem still remains regarding the lack of a methodology to address the integration of modular projects from the didactical and pedagogical points of view. This dissertation aims to apply concepts from the area of education to technology education. The methodology proposed here focus on the integration of project modules based on collaborative activities such as those proposed by social interaction teaching. The challenge is to make possible the teamwork that allows knowledge building in a socialized environment, respecting the time constraints imposed at the classroom. The proposed methodology addresses four steps: (1) didactic-pedagogical preparation of the project modules, (2) organization of the work environment, (3) project modules development and (4) the integration of the modules in Global Project. During this work it was used the DE2 board and development software Quartus II v. 8.1, both supplied by the company Altera. The hardware description language adopted was Verilog. The validation of the methodology consisted in applying it in the integration process of two project modules that had been previously built during the teaching of the discipline “digital systems architecture” at the Electrical Engineering Department at UFCG. From this preliminary validation exercise it was concluded that the integration methodology was adequate to promote collaborative activities, such as the social interaction among the participants during the experiment. This text also presents the specification of a supporting tool to simplify the methodology application. This work is expected to contribute to dynamic and effective teaching-learning instructional designs with FPGA.