Acceptability of PIC16F877A-based Microcontroller Training Unit and Laboratory Manual as a Supplementary Learning Material for Microprocessor Systems

This paper discusses the creation of a training unit and laboratory manual based on a PIC16F877A microcontroller which was evaluated by both students and instructors of Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering of the Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges in terms of its acceptability as a supplementary learning material for microprocessor systems. Based on the result of the evaluation, it was revealed that the training unit obtained an average weighted mean of 4.65 for the students and 5.00 for the instructors which both fall under the “Strongly Acceptable” criteria. On the other hand, the evaluation for the laboratory manual got an average weighted mean of 4.44 which is verbally interpreted as “Acceptable” and 4.84 for the instructors which is verbally interpreted as “Strongly Acceptable”. Using t-test, it was also revealed that there is a significant difference between the level of acceptability of the students and instructors to the training unit and laboratory manual

Keywords – laboratory manual, learning material, microprocessor systems, pic16f877a, training unit,.