Lab policies: ECE445M Laboratory Policies, including Grading policy about coding style
| Instructions | Task |
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| Lab 1 | Real-time clock, Sitronix ST7735R Display, ADC and interpreter for the MSPM0G3507 board running on an ARM Cortex-M0 (review of ECE319K and ECE312) |
| Lab 2 | Real-time operating system kernel (thread switching and synchronization)
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| Lab 3 | Blocking semaphores, priority scheduling, performance measures, dumping RTOS profile data to the PC |
| Lab 4 | Solid state disk, SSI, address translation, layered software, file system |
| Lab 5 | Memory management, process loader, process creation and linking |
| Lab 6 | Robot interfaces, networking, distributed sensor data acquisition, motor PWM (teams of 3, 4 or 5) |
| Lab 7 | Formula 0001 Racing Robot (teams of 3, 4 or 5)
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| Week | First Session | Second Session | Friday 5pm | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/12 | No activities | Meet the TA | Install CCS20.4, sensor board demonstration, and lab partner selection. | |
| 1/19 | - | Lab 1 Prep | Finalize partners, get sensor board parts | |
| 1/26 | Lab 1 Demo | Lab 2.1 Prep | Lab 1 Report | |
| 2/2 | Lab 2.1 Demo | Lab 2.2 Prep | Lab 2.1 has no report | |
| 2/9 | Lab 2.2 Demo | Lab 2.2 Report | ||
| 2/16 | Lab 3 Prep | Exam 1 is 2/19 | ||
| 2/23 | Lab 3 Demo | Lab 3 Report | Hard deadline on Lab 3. If Lab 3 is not demonstrated, revert and complete rest with Lab 2 OS. | |
| 3/2 | Lab 4 Prep | Demonstrate robot | ||
| 3/9 | Lab 4 Demo | Lab 5 Prep | Lab 4 Report | Form robot teams, get motor board parts |
| 3/16 | Spring Break | |||
| 3/23 | Lab 5 Demo | Lab 6 Prep | Lab 5 Report | |
| 3/30 | Lab 6 Demo | Lab 7.A Prep | Lab 6 Report | |
| 4/6 | Lab 7.A Demo | Exam 2 is 4/9 | ||
| 4/13 | Lab 7.B Demo | |||
| 4/20 | Lab 7.C Demo | Lab 7.C Demo | Lab 7.C Report | Turn in all reports and equipment by 4/27 |
Prep: Turn in your lab preparation
Demo: Demonstrate your lab to the TA
Report: Turn in your complete lab report (online on Canvas) and
submit all your files (online Github repository)
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