INTRODUCTION In the past, many EET freshmen in the author’s digital courses have not embraced digital simulation. This paper presents this software and some of the digital systems that have been implemented. The simulator has been used to introduce students to digital systems such as synchronous and asynchronous serial communication systems, multipliers, keypad encoders, stepper motor positioning systems, data bus display multiplexers, and memory bus systems. The students have responded enthusiastically to this package. Because the CM simulations are presented in quasi-real-time with high logic level lines presented in red and low logic levels in blue, the students gain an immediate sense of the dynamic nature of circuit operation. The author has taught this package to Indiana teachers at the PLTW Summer Training Institue at Purdue University and he has used it in his freshman digital electronics courses. High school teachers teaching the PLTW Digital Electronics course throughout Indiana and the country use this simulation software. The author was introduced to CircuitMaker 2000 through his involvement with Project Lead The Way (PLTW). Session 1B USE OF CIRCUITMAKER AS A DIGITAL SIMULATION TOOL IN FRESHMEN EET COURSES Gerard Foster1 Abstract ?ĬircuitMaker (CM) is a digital and analog simulation application that is well suited for the introduction of digital electronics.
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