Therefore, it was concluded that the digital electronics practicum with logisim application has good quality if its implementation is assisted by Zoom. Student response shows that students have a positive response to practicum activities. The effectiveness of digital electronics practicum with “logisim” shows that there were no students who did not pass the practicum. Data about student responses were obtained from student response questionnaires with indicators of format, quality, clarity, and interest. The effectiveness of digital electronics practicum with “logisim” was obtained from the practicum assessment sheet. The data about quality is seen from the effectiveness and response of students. The research subjects were 50 Physics Education Students at Universitas Lambung Mangkurat who took Digital Electronics course. This research used descriptive research method. The quality is seen from the effectiveness and response of students to digital electronics practicum with “Logisim” application with zoom-assisted. The purpose of this study is to describe the quality of digital electronics practicum with “Logisim” application with zoom-assisted. Thus, it envisaged that this method will made the delivering learning process in COA course be more efficient than what has happened so far.
Every student belongs to the group that only used Logisim simulator obtained higher score and more than 50% are satisfied with the new learning process and material. Each group used different type of learning media and material and then their examination scores and satisfaction are compared to each other. To evaluate the desired outcome, students are separated into two different groups. According to previous researches, Mic-1 CPU architecture is chosen because it is the simplest one and can be easily built using many simple logic gates already existed in the Logisim. To achieve that, a simple CPU architecture is pre-designed and be implemented in Logisim simulator.
The main advantage of using one simulator is the elimination of inefficiency so that students can concentrate more on the course’s content without spending their time just to learn how to use each different type of simulators.
This paper proposes the design, implementation, and evaluation of an 8-bit CPU architecture in computer organization and architecture (COA) course for Undergraduate Computer Engineering using only Logisim simulator.