The Digital Communication project-based lab is hosted on the interactive, online platform Thinkscape.

Digital Communication - Application #3

This is lab 18 of 18 in the course

by Enable Education

A variety of concepts and skills developed in the digital electronics lab series will be combined to design and build a digital communication device in a project-based lab. Students will compare the benefits of serial and parallel communication methods. Students will also learn the fundamentals of encryption as they build a device that generates, sends, receives and displays serial 8-bit messages. The project is guided by the online, interactive platform Thinkscape.

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STUDENT MATERIALS

Online, interactive course hosted on the Thinkscape platform

INSTRUCTOR RESOURCES

Admistrative and editing access to the online, interactive course hosted on the Thinkscape platform

SKILLS REQUIRED

Introductory physics and circuits

Requirements

Multisim

Multisim is a circuit simulation tool built for educators to teach analog, digital, and power electronics by connecting simulation to experimentation. Learn more

NI ELVIS II/II+

The NI Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS) is a versatile laboratory platform that enables educators to teach over 20 different courses across science and engineering departments. The NI ELVIS integrates 12 common lab instruments including an oscilloscope, function... Learn more

Digital System Development Board

The Digital System Development Board (DSDB) is a digital electronics and FPGA trainer board with a Zync 7020 FPGA and 19 different periphrials to program and experiment to get a hands-on understanding of digital electronics. Programmable with Multisim, HDL, or LabVIEW, the DSDB takes students from... Learn more

DETAILED REQUIREMENTS

Required Software

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NI ELVISmx Software Suite 14.0 or later (Includes Multisim 14.0 or later and required driver) - Download
Vivado Webpack HL - Download

Note: After installing the Vivado Webpack HL, an additional Digilent driver will need to be installed for NI DSDB. This will be located at C:\NIFPGA\programs\Vivado2014_4\data\xicom\cable_drivers\nt64\digilent.

Required Hardware

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NI ELVIS II or II+ platform - View Specifications, View User Manual</span>
NI DSDB - View Specifications