Miguens Matutino, PedroDias, TiagoSampaio, Pedro2020-09-022020-09-022020-08-11MATUTINO, Pedro Miguens; DIAS, Tiago; SAMPAIO, Pedro – Teaching hardware/software co-design using a project-based learning strategy. In 2020 XIV Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching Conference (TAEE). Porto, Portugal: IEEE, 2020. ISBN 978-1-7281-6732-9. Pp. 1-6978-1-7281-6732-9978-1-7281-6733-6http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/12204This paper presents a project-based learning strategy for teaching hardware/software co-design in modern Computer Engineering undergraduate courses. This kind of approach is considered by several recent pedagogical studies as the ideal strategy to support great learning achievements and to increase the proficiency of the students both in the design of digital systems and programming. The proposed strategy, targeting the first-year students, focuses on deepening the knowledge of combinatorial logic, sequential circuits, and state machines, alongside the hierarchical development of software, including for peripheral management.engComputer engineering educationProject-based learningDigital systemsProgrammingconference object10.1109/TAEE46915.2020.9163759