Department of Electrical Engineering, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (DeKUT)

DeKUT

Department of Electrical Engineering

Abstract

The current generation of microprocessors and microcontrollers have the potential to revolutionize electrical engineering education due to their low cost, small size and increased computing power. The Raspberry Pi is a cheap and powerful microprocessor with much of the functionality of a modern personal computer. In this project we plan to develop and implement laboratory exercises based on the Raspberry Pi for four electrical engineering courses at the Dedan Kimathi University of Technology. The courses are 1) Signals and Communication 2) Digital Signal Processing 3) Instrumentation and 4) Control Engineering. These laboratory exercises will expose the students to important areas in these courses using the Raspberry Pi as a computing platform and encourage them to use the device in their own projects outside the classroom. We will design detailed laboratory manuals and assess the value of the labs via student feedback and quantitative measures such as test scores. It is hoped that the laboratory exercises will be adopted by our institution and other universities offering electrical engineering.