Exploring prefix-tree adders using excel spreadsheets
Paper in proceeding, 2013
A learning environment based on Microsoft Excel spreadsheets is presented allowing for fast and systematic exploration of different implementations of integer adder designs. The spreadsheet properties are exploited to illustrate both layout and timing properties of an adder design. The usefulness of the learning environment is demonstrated by several different examples. We also describe how the spreadsheet representation can aid the designer at the VHDL level.
spreadsheets
student learning environment
prefix-tree adders
EDA tools
Author
Kjell Jeppson
Chalmers, Applied Physics, Electronics Material and Systems
Per Larsson-Edefors
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Computer Engineering (Chalmers)
2013 9th IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education, MSE 2013
Vol. Austin, Texas 2-3 June 2013 48-51 6566702
978-147990139-5 (ISBN)
Areas of Advance
Information and Communication Technology
Roots
Basic sciences
Subject Categories
Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
Learning and teaching
Pedagogical work
DOI
10.1109/MSE.2013.6566702
ISBN
978-147990139-5