Logic Engine		A digital hardware prorotyping environment used in instruction and research. Laboratory platform for IUCS courses in digital design and digital systems.
purpose:	undergraduate education graduate education research
dates:	2000-present
engineering:	Bryce Himebau, Caleb Hess
faculty:	Steven D. Johnson
information:	IUCS course B441 IUCS course P442 User manual (obsolete) Instructional Laboratory LEv4 project description LEv4 supplementary data LEv4 images research demonstrations LEv3 project description

The Logic Engine was developed at the Indiana University Computer Science Department to support the pedagogy of Franklin Prosser and David Winkel in digital design. Since 1975, four versions have been developed, the fourth currently in a prototype stage. The Logic Engine provides the electrical infrastructure (power, clocking, microinstruction sequencing, switches, lights, and wire-wrap project area) and software support (various tools for design and testing, based on a PC host) to allow students to explore design concepts at a logical level.

The Logic Engine is also used for undergraduate and graduate level individualized student projects in digital system design, and for the construction of research prototypes and demonstrations.