A Multimedia Learning and Design System for Microprocessors

The increasing complexity of microprocessors as well as the modern principles of processor functionality and organization makes it more and more difficult to teach this topic with the classical methods. The new possibilities of multimedia tools are superior to teach and learn these complex informations. In reference to the experiences made with a multimedia learning system for VHDL [1],[2] we decided to realize a new multimedia learning and design environment for microprocessor systems. Topics of special interest are the different processor components, their behavior, the various kinds of processor architectures and the programming of processors.