Remote Laboratory for E-Learning of Systems on Chip and Their Applications to Nuclear and Scientific Instrumentation
Configuring and setting up a remote access laboratory for an advanced online school on fully programmable System-on-Chip (SoC) proved to be an outstanding challenge. The school, jointly organized by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (I...
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doaj-d591f0a83819492db57a552ae92348252021-09-26T00:02:59ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922021-09-01102191219110.3390/electronics10182191Remote Laboratory for E-Learning of Systems on Chip and Their Applications to Nuclear and Scientific InstrumentationMaria Liz Crespo0François Foulon1Andres Cicuttin2Mladen Bogovac3Clement Onime4Cristian Sisterna5Rodrigo Melo6Werner Florian Samayoa7Luis Guillermo García Ordóñez8Romina Molina9Bruno Valinoti10Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, 34151 Trieste, ItalyInternational Atomic Energy Agency, Nuclear Science and Instrumentation Laboratory, A-1400 Vienna, AustriaAbdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, 34151 Trieste, ItalyInternational Atomic Energy Agency, Nuclear Science and Instrumentation Laboratory, A-1400 Vienna, AustriaAbdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, 34151 Trieste, ItalyInstituto de Invesgtigaciones Antisismicas, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, San Juan J5402ARZ, ArgentinaInstituto Nacional de Tecnologia Industrial, Micro y Nano Tecnologias, Buenos Aires B1650KNA, ArgentinaAbdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, 34151 Trieste, ItalyAbdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, 34151 Trieste, ItalyAbdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, 34151 Trieste, ItalyAbdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, 34151 Trieste, ItalyConfiguring and setting up a remote access laboratory for an advanced online school on fully programmable System-on-Chip (SoC) proved to be an outstanding challenge. The school, jointly organized by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), focused on SoC and its applications to nuclear and scientific instrumentation and was mainly addressed to physicists, computer scientists and engineers from developing countries. The use of e-learning tools, which some of them adopted and others developed, allowed the school participants to directly access both integrated development environment software and programmable SoC platforms. This facilitated the follow-up of all proposed exercises and the final project. During the four weeks of the training activity, we faced and overcame different technology and communication challenges, whose solutions we describe in detail together with dedicated tools and design methodology. We finally present a summary of the gained experience and an assessment of the results we achieved, addressed to those who foresee to organize similar initiatives using e-learning for advanced training with remote access to SoC platforms.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/18/2191e-learningSoC-FPGAremote laboratorynuclear instrumentationscientific instrumentationembedded processor |
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Maria Liz Crespo François Foulon Andres Cicuttin Mladen Bogovac Clement Onime Cristian Sisterna Rodrigo Melo Werner Florian Samayoa Luis Guillermo García Ordóñez Romina Molina Bruno Valinoti Remote Laboratory for E-Learning of Systems on Chip and Their Applications to Nuclear and Scientific Instrumentation Electronics e-learning SoC-FPGA remote laboratory nuclear instrumentation scientific instrumentation embedded processor |
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Maria Liz Crespo François Foulon Andres Cicuttin Mladen Bogovac Clement Onime Cristian Sisterna Rodrigo Melo Werner Florian Samayoa Luis Guillermo García Ordóñez Romina Molina Bruno Valinoti |
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Remote Laboratory for E-Learning of Systems on Chip and Their Applications to Nuclear and Scientific Instrumentation |
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Remote Laboratory for E-Learning of Systems on Chip and Their Applications to Nuclear and Scientific Instrumentation |
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Remote Laboratory for E-Learning of Systems on Chip and Their Applications to Nuclear and Scientific Instrumentation |
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Remote Laboratory for E-Learning of Systems on Chip and Their Applications to Nuclear and Scientific Instrumentation |
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Remote Laboratory for E-Learning of Systems on Chip and Their Applications to Nuclear and Scientific Instrumentation |
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remote laboratory for e-learning of systems on chip and their applications to nuclear and scientific instrumentation |
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Configuring and setting up a remote access laboratory for an advanced online school on fully programmable System-on-Chip (SoC) proved to be an outstanding challenge. The school, jointly organized by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), focused on SoC and its applications to nuclear and scientific instrumentation and was mainly addressed to physicists, computer scientists and engineers from developing countries. The use of e-learning tools, which some of them adopted and others developed, allowed the school participants to directly access both integrated development environment software and programmable SoC platforms. This facilitated the follow-up of all proposed exercises and the final project. During the four weeks of the training activity, we faced and overcame different technology and communication challenges, whose solutions we describe in detail together with dedicated tools and design methodology. We finally present a summary of the gained experience and an assessment of the results we achieved, addressed to those who foresee to organize similar initiatives using e-learning for advanced training with remote access to SoC platforms. |
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e-learning SoC-FPGA remote laboratory nuclear instrumentation scientific instrumentation embedded processor |
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