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Abstract

Addressing the challenges of limited hardware resources and the abstract, difficult-to-understand nature of underlying communication protocols in embedded systems education, this paper proposes a virtual-real integrated teaching model based on IAR and Proteus co-simulation. Taking an STM32F401-based smart greenhouse system as an example, the model adopts the HAL library programming style and covers core technical skills such as SPI bus interface technology, single-bus protocols, and L298 driver modules. It establishes a practical methodology of “simulation experiment—signal observation—debugging and positioning” to perform system logic simulation, waveform analysis of communication protocols, and fault simulation verification. Teaching practice demonstrates that this model effectively lowers the experimental threshold while significantly enhancing students’ depth of understanding of underlying communication principles and their engineering debugging capabilities.

Keywords

embedded system; IAR; Proteus simulation; virtual-real integration

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About the authors

Zhaxi Jiacuo (1996-), male, Tibetan, from Gannan, Gansu, teaching assistant, master's degree, research direction: nonlinear system modeling and control.