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Jan 18
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Lecture 1: Introduction (Chapter 1, Sections 2.1-2.3)
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- Course administration
- Embedded systems, development cycle
- Flow charts, data flow and call graphs
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Jan 20
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Lecture 2: TExaS (Appendix 1.1-1.8.2, Sections 3.1-3.5)
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- TExaS simulator
- Numbers, hexadecimal
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2
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Jan 25
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Lecture 2: Architecture (Sections 2.4-2.7, 4.1-4.4)
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- 9212 architecture and execution
- Simple addressing modes
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Jan 27
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Lecture 3: I/O (Sections 2.8-2.9, 3.6-3.7)
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- Execution, subroutines
- Parallel ports, direction registers
- Logical and shift operations
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3
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Feb 1
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Lecture 4: Debugging (Section 4.7 and 5.7)
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Homework 1 due at 2am
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Feb 3
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Lecture 4: Arithmetic (Section 3.8, 3.11, 5.2)
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- Arithmetic operations
- Condition code bits
- Conditionals
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4
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Feb 8
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Lecture 5: Board (Appendix 2, Section 2.6)
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- Demo of the board (bring board to class)
- Switch input and LED output
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Feb 10
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Lecture 5: Modular programming (Section 5.1, 5.2)
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- If-then, loops
- Subroutines
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Homework 2 due Friday at 2am
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5
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Feb 15
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Lecture 6: Pointers (Section 6.1)
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- Index registers
- Indexed addressing mode
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Feb 17
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Lecture 6: Timers (Section 6.11, 4.5)
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- Functional debugging dump
- Timers
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Homework 3 due Friday at 2am
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6
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Feb 22
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Review for Test 1:
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Feb 24
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Test 1 (closed book):
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7
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Mar 1
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Lecture 7: FSMs (Section 6.2, 6.3, 6.5, 6.8)
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- Arrays
- Strings
- Finite state machines (FSMs)
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Homework 4 due at 2am
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8
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Mar 8
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Lecture 8: Locals, parameters (Section 7.1-7.5)
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- Local variables
- Stack frames and parameter passing
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Homework 5 due at 2am
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Mar 10
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Lecture 8: C functions (C Primer)
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- Local and global variables
- Parameter passing
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9
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10
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Mar 22
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Lecture 9: LCD interface (Section 8.5, 9.1, 10.1)
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- Fixed-point numbers
- I/O synchronization
- LCD programming
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Homework 6 due Wednesday at 2am
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Mar 24
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Test 2 (closed book):
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- In lab (during class time), ACA 1.102 & 1.106
- Chapter 5 and 6
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11
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Mar 29
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Lecture 10: Interrupts (Section 9.2, 9.4, 9.6, 9.10)
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- 9S12 interrupts and interrupt processing
- Timer and periodic (output compare) interrupts
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Mar 31
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Lecture 10: C programming
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- Metrowerks
- C/assembly interface
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12
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Apr 5
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Lecture 11: A/D conversion (Section 11.1, 11.4)
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- Analog to digital conversion (ADC)
- Lab 7 design methods
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Homework 7 due at 2am
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Apr 7
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Lecture 11: Numerical calculations (Section 10.2)
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- Multiplication and division
- Table lookup and interpolation
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13
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Apr 12
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Lecture 12: Serial I/O (Section 8.1)
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- Serial communications interface (SCI)
- SCI programming and interrupts
- Lab 8 introduction
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Apr 14
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Lecture 12: Thread communication (Section 12.1-12.4)
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- Producer-consumer problems
- FIFO queues
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Homework 8 due Friday at 2am
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14
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Apr 19
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Lecture 13: D/A conversion (Section 11.2-11.3)
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- Digital to analog conversion (DAC) on the 9S12
- Sound generation
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Apr 21
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Lecture 14: Stepper motors (Section 8.7)
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- Stepper motors
- FSM control
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15
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Apr 26
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Lecture 14: TRobots
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- TRobot control
- TRobot competition
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Homework 9 due at 2am
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Apr 28
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Guest lecture: Joe Bungo, ARM
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- ARM architecture
- Embedded & mobile computing
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16
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Final
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Wednesday, May 11
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Final Exam:
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2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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