Teaching multitasking to electronics and computing students

Armitage, Alistair

Abstract

Although widely used in the solution of engineering problems, multitasking is conceptually as complicated as parallel processing. A simple system that covers the key features of multitasking in a short time is presented. A description is given of its use with a final year undergraduate class of electronics students who take computing options.

Citation

Armitage, A. (2001). Teaching multitasking to electronics and computing students. International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, 38, 338-347

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2001-10
• Deposit Date: Jun 29, 2010
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 29, 2010
• Print ISSN: 0020-7209
• Electronic ISSN: 2050-4578
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 38
• Pages: 338-347
• Keywords: Multitasking; real-time; computer engineering
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3307