Remote control and access to development boards with FPGAs for remote learning of digital electronics courses

Authors

Alvarado Rivera, Alberto

Vega Martinez, Juan

Abstract

This article describes the control and remote access to a development card with FPGA for the verification of designs and practical applications applied in the topics of digital electronics courses for undergraduate Engineering students. The card used is a DE1 from Altera in which it was connected to a microcontroller through its GPIOs in order to generate input stimuli or impulses by controlling its buttons and pushbuttons. A graphical interface generated and loaded on the screen allows you to manipulate these buttons and pushbuttons as if it were done on the card itself. The changes are visualized through a web camera connected to the computer and pointing to the development board. Test results show that designs made using the QUARTUS II IDE can be successfully verified and tested on the card remotely.