REDTAIL

Spec sheet

Purpose

REDTAIL connects simulations and digital twins to remotely accessible laboratory equipment for hands-on learning.Read 11 Oct 2026 · redtail.rhlab.ece.uw.edu

Audience

The site presents REDTAIL for instructors selecting and adapting course exercises and for students completing activities assigned through their course.Read 11 Oct 2026 · redtail.rhlab.ece.uw.edu

Deployment

The Remote Hub Lab page says instructors at any institution can deploy REDTAIL scenarios without physical hardware.Read 11 Oct 2026 · rhlab.ece.uw.edu

Support

Instructors and collaborators are invited to contact the REDTAIL team at [email protected] about courses, remote-lab setups, or collaborations.Read 11 Oct 2026 · redtail.rhlab.ece.uw.edu

Access limits

An exercise page states that instructor solutions require instructor approval and directs users to contact the REDTAIL team for access.Read 5 Oct 2026 · redtail.rhlab.ece.uw.edu

Access model

Students receive the exercise, simulation or remote-laboratory link, and access instructions from their instructor.Read 11 Oct 2026 · redtail.rhlab.ece.uw.edu

Development requirements

The public repository setup instructions specify Python 3.12, Node, and MySQL.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Exercises

The laboratory exercise catalog lists 19 exercises, including activities for FPGA and STM32 devices.Read 11 Oct 2026 · redtail.rhlab.ece.uw.edu

Funding

The website says it was supported by the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education under Grant #2336745.Read 11 Oct 2026 · redtail.rhlab.ece.uw.edu

Funding and attribution

The website says it was supported by the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education under Grant #2336745 and notes some content may come from third parties or outside the REDTAIL project and grant.Read 5 Oct 2026 · redtail.rhlab.ece.uw.edu

Hardware

The device catalog lists remote laboratories for the Altera DE1-SoC and STM32 Nucleo WB55RG.Read 11 Oct 2026 · redtail.rhlab.ece.uw.edu

Languages and tools

Cataloged exercises include SystemVerilog, VHDL, mbedOS, Arduino IDE, and Keil Studio Cloud activities.Read 11 Oct 2026 · redtail.rhlab.ece.uw.edu

Learning workflow

Students can rehearse in a simulation, use remote equipment, and compare simulated and physical results within an instructor-led assignment.Read 11 Oct 2026 · redtail.rhlab.ece.uw.edu

Open source

The site describes REDTAIL as open source and links to its public source code on GitHub.Read 11 Oct 2026 · redtail.rhlab.ece.uw.edu

Partner

REDTAIL is developed by the Remote Hub Lab at the University of Washington with LabsLand.Read 11 Oct 2026 · redtail.rhlab.ece.uw.edu

Simulations

The simulations catalog lists 12 scenarios, including parking lot, keypad, breadboard, door, water tank, LED matrix, and wiper examples.Read 11 Oct 2026 · redtail.rhlab.ece.uw.edu

Tools and frameworks

Listed exercises use frameworks including SystemVerilog, VHDL, Mbed OS, Arduino IDE, and Keil Studio Cloud.Read 5 Oct 2026 · redtail.rhlab.ece.uw.edu

Where Specifiction places it

• Virtual Lab Software#24 of 276.8