CS/EE 3720
Embedded System Design

Course description

Introduction to issues in embedded system design using microcontrollers. Topics include: microcontroller architecture, memory interfacing, serial and parallel I/O interfacing, analog interfacing, interrupt synchronization, and embedded software.

Teaching staff

Instructor: Dr. Chris Myers

Teaching assistants: Sivaram Gopalakrishnan and Michael Tabet

Prerequisites

CS/EE 3700 and CS/EE 3810. In particular, you are expected to have knowledge of the following subjects:

Microcomputer programming (i.e., assembly language programming)
Digital logic (multiplexers, Karnaugh maps, tristate logic)
Data structures in C (queues, stacks, linked lists)
Test equipment like multimeters and oscilloscopes
Discrete analog electric circuits (resistors, capacitors, inductors, and transistors)

Grading

Homeworks and lab reports - 40 percent
Midterms - 30 percent
Final - 30 percent

Books

Embedded Microcomputer Systems: Real Time Interfacing

Embedded Microcomputer Systems: Real Time Interfacing, by Jonathan W. Valvano

Available at the Campus Bookstore.

Meeting Times

Class Lecture	12:25pm - 1:45pm	Tuesday and Thursday	Dr. Myers	EMCB 102
Office Hours	2pm - 3pm	Tuesday and Thursday	Dr. Myers	MEB 4112
Office Hours	1pm - 4pm	Friday	Sivaram	MEB 2265
Office Hours	3:30pm - 6:30pm	Tuesday and Thursday	Mike	MEB 2265
Lab Section 2	2pm - 5pm	Tuesday	Sivaram	MEB 2265
Lab Section 3	11:50am - 2:50pm	Friday	Mike	MEB 2265
Lab Section 4	3:05pm - 6:05pm	Wednesday	Mike	MEB 2265
Lab Section 5	2pm - 5pm	Thursday	Sivaram	MEB 2265
Lab Section 6	8:35am - 11:35am	Friday	Sivaram	MEB 2265

Labs and Labs Reports

Labs begin the week of January 19th.

Lab reports should be turned into to your TA in your lab section the following week. Lab reports will be graded and returned in your lab section within one week. There is no provision for turning in late lab reports. All labs reports and exams are assumed to be correctly graded one week after they are returned. If you have a question regarding your grade, please contact the grader for that assignment to address the issue. If there are any questions on grading, they must be addressed within one week of receiving a graded assignment. After the one week has lapsed, no changes will be considered. Please put your lab section number on all lab reports.

All files are in a pdf format. These can be viewed and printed using Adobe's Acrobat Reader.

Handouts

Spring 2004 Guidelines
Lab 1
Lab 2
Lab 3
Lab 4
- Keypad description
Lab 5
Lab 6
Lab 7
Lab 8
Lab 9
UPDATED: Lab 10 (fixed errors in R2R ladder)

Lectures

Sample Exams

These exams were from a similar class that I gave in 1996. The class material though was quite different, so do not be surprised if you do not know the answers to some questions.

CS/EE 3720 Embedded System Design