Standard Course Syllabus Course Supervisor Date of Approval

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Klein 8/06

265 Introduction to Microprocessor-Based Systems

2. CATALOG DESCRIPTION

Hardware and software organization of a typical microprocessor; machine language programming, interfacing peripheral

devices, and input-output programming; real-time computer applications, self-paced laboratory included.

Quarters of Offering Credits
Level Class Meeting

Au, Wi, Sp Qtrs. 3 U 3 cl.

Course Prerequisites

Prereq: 261, and En Graph 167 or CS&E 221 or CS&E 202, and prereq or concur 206, and acceptance in Elec & Cptr Eng

major or Cptr Science & Eng major or Eng Physics major.

3. PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC

Combinational and sequential circuit design, and computer programming.

Courses that require this as a direct prerequisite

562, 567, 662, 757, 763

4. Text(s) and Other Course Materials Author(s) Publisher

Data Acquisition and Process Control with the M68HC11 Driscoll, Coughlin, and Prentice-Hall

Microcontroller, 2nd Ed. Villanucci

ISBN: 0-13-779976-4

References (supplemental reading)

none

5. COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. Students will learn the architecture, programming, and interface requirements of a commercially used microprocessor.

(Criteria 3(a),(e))

2. Students will learn to interface a microcontroller to memory, parallel ports, serial ports, etc. (Criterion 3(c))

3. Students will learn to apply microcontroller systems to solve real-time problems. (Criteria 3(c),(e))

4. The students will learn to use assemblers and simulators to help with design verification. (Criterion 3(k))

6. TOPICS AND (# OF LECTURES)

General computer organization (3)

Microcontroller architecture and instruction set (4)

Assembly language programming (6)

Editing, Assembling, and Simulation of programs (3)

I/O interfacing and programming (8)

Microcomputer systems applications: data acquisition, etc. (3)

7. CLASS MEETING PATTERN (For example, "3cl." means 3 48-min classes per week.)

3 cl.

Thursday, August 14, 2008 09:16 AM

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