EXPERIENCE OF REMOTE LABORATORY WORKSHOP IMPLEMENTATION FOR STUDYING DIGITAL DEVICES AND MICROPROCESSORS
The paper is focused on using distant learning technologies, while teaching digital devices and microcontrollers. This course is one of the pivotal ones for electronic and computer engineers. Laboratory trainings play a substantial role in the course, working out necessary experience of software development and debugging in microcontroller-based applications. Theoretical background and practical experience are essential components of the competences, planned within the course. Thus, the course should comprise elements of autonomous study and exercises with practical job under the guidance of an expert. Nowadays it is important, since we want to provide both profound knowledge and practical experience of engineering activity. Restrictions due to the pandemic make this experience actual. The aim of the research is to display various approaches, applicable, when students cannot attend their classes and carry out their research in traditional way. Combination of theoretical e-learning and remote control of evaluation modules during laboratory trainings can be a good solution. This approach can combine important experience of autonomous training in software development and computer simulation, and instructor-guided hardwarebased techniques. The paper contains relevant data, obtained as feedback of students of Samara University, studied in distant mode in spring semester of the year 2020. The results display that majority of respondents supports e-learning in various forms, including proposed ones. Some particular details of the implementation are also discussed.