For detailed information on this course please see the course syllabus in html or pdf format.
In this course you will learn the basics of designing, interfacing, configuring, and programming embedded systems. We will make use of the Arduino platform, which is an inexpensive, popular embedded system used by hobbyists, researchers, and in industry, to implement the techniques learned in class. By the end of the course you will have mastered the basics of embedded system design and programming. This course will help to prepare you for cutting edge careers in industry and research.
Assignment | Due Date |
Course Survey | Weds, Aug 19th, 5pm |
HW 1 (pdf,code) | Start of class, Thurs, Aug 27th |
Lab 1 (pdf) | Thurs, Sep 3rd in class |
HW 2 (pdf) | Start of class, Thurs, Sep 10th |
Lab 2 (pdf, lab2_button_count.ino, lab2_button_count.cpp) | Thurs, Sep 17th in class |
HW 3 (pdf,code) | Start of class, Thurs, Sep 24th |
Test 1 from prior years: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019 | For review for test on Tuesday, Sep 29th in class |
Lab 3 (pdf,Ultrasonic Sensor Datasheet,Servo Datasheet) | Start of class, Thurs, Oct 1st |
HW 4 (pdf,code) | Start of class, Tues, Oct 6th |
Project 1 (pdf) Project Report Template (Word Doc) Project Report Rubric (pdf) L298N Datasheet (pdf) |
Bitbucket Repos: Thursday, Oct 8th (in Lab) Checkpoint 1 - "Robot Assembly/Schematic" Thursday, Oct 8th (in Lab) Checkpoint 2 - "Robot Motion", Tuesday, Oct 13th (in morning Lab) Competition, Thursday, Oct 15th (in Lab) Written Report: Tuesday, Oct 20th, 2020 (beginning of class) Competition Times |
Lab 4 (pdf, Lab 4 Code(Lab4_irq.ino or Lab4_irq.cpp)
| Tuesday, Oct 27th (in class) |
HW 5 (pdf) | Start of class, Thurs, Nov 5th |
Project 2 (pdf) Checkpoint 1 Code: (test.ino) Checkpoint 2 Code: (project2.ino, ir_decoder.cpp, ir_decoder.h) Project Report Template (Word Doc) Project Report Rubric (pdf) IR Sensor Datasheet (pdf1,pdf2) |
Checkpoint 1 - "IR Decoding", Tuesday, Nov 3rd (in Lab) Checkpoint 2 "Robot Motion with IR Remote", Tuesday, Nov 10th (in Lab) A-Functionality "Wall Following with Obstacle Avoidance, Thursday, Nov 19th (in Class and Lab) Competition, Thursday, Nov 19th (in Class and Lab) Written Report, Friday, Nov 20th by close of business (4:30pm) Competition Times |
Test 2 from prior years: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019 | For review for test on Tuesday, Nov 17th in class |
Week | Class Topics | Lab | Reading |
Week 1, Aug 17 | course intro, c programming | R2.1, R2.2, R2.4 | |
Week 1 Additional Readings: |
Basic C Types More on Basic C Types Bit Operations More Bit Operations Fixed width types Why use uint8_t C Pre-Processor and Macros How not to write code and the output (really, try compling it) Pointers Function Pointers Apollo Guidance Computer |
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Week 2, Aug 24 | embedded system design, arduino intro, basic circuit diagrams | R2.5, R2.6, R2.7, R2.8, W1.1, W1.2, W1.3 | |
Week 3, Aug 31 | instruction sets, registers and mem access, digital I/O | Arduinos | W2.1, W2.2, R6.* |
Week 2 and 3 Additional Readings: |
Basic circuit elements How to read a schematic Arduino Uno R3 schematic How to read a datasheet Atmega328 datasheet Register-based digital I/O Another register-based digital I/O (just make sure to use bit operations (|=,&=) and not binary value!) Arduino-function digital I/O AVR memory map overview (see datasheet as well) Directly accessing memory/registers with C macros (but for ARM, not AVR) Directly accessing memory in assembly Program counter (general info) Read up on the AVR Program Counter in the datasheet. Reading the program counter is not straight forward, but somtimes necessary. |
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Week 4, Sep 7 | registers and memory, debugging | W3.1, R7.* | |
Week 5, Sep 14 | debugging, timers | timers and I/O | R4.* |
Week 4 and 5 Additional Readings: |
Suggestions for debugging ES More debugging suggestions JTAG Another JTAG link Yet another JTAG link Viewing assembly output Arduino build process overview General info on timers AVR timers |
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Week 6, Sep 21 | timers and PWM | PWM and servos | R8.* |
Week 7, Sep 28 | analog to digital converters (A2D) and review | begin Project 1 | |
Week 6 and 7 Additional Readings: |
Read section 16 in the datasheet on the Timer/Counter1 with PWM Details of Arduino millis fuction (and how it uses Timer0) Sparkfun PWM Arduino PWM (including analogWrite) Wikipedia PWM Fast versus Phase/Freq Correct PWM How servos work More on how servos work Wikipedia ADC Sparkfun ADC More ADC |
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Week 8, Oct 5 | CPU bus, communication protocols (UART, SPI, RS485) Begin Project 1 | A2D | W4.1, R10.1 to R10.1.3 |
Week 9, Oct 12 | Project 1 Competition | ||
Week 8 and 9 Additional Readings: |
Parallel versus Serial, UART (sparkfun) Serial Communication (Wikipedia) Parallel Communication (Wikipedia) Serial Comms, UART, RS232, RS485 UART (Wikipedia) UART (sparkfun) More UART (but beware, code examples for a different processor) Interfacing a UART to USB-UART converter (TTL, RS232, USB, etc) SPI (sparkfun) SPI (wikipedia) SPI (arduino) |
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Week 10, Oct 19 | |||
Week 11, Oct 26 | Begin Project 2 | ||
Week 12, Nov 2 | interrupts | interrupts, communication | W3.1.4, W3.2, R9.* |
Week 13, Nov 9 | I2C, peripherals, sensors, Embedded Operating Systems, power management, embedded algorithms, program optimization, review | i2c | R10.1.2, W6.1, W6.2, W6.3, W5.5, W5.6, W5.7 |
Week 12 and 13 Additional Readings: |
Interrupts More Interrupts Interrupts, very broadly (wikipedia) List of all interrupts on AVR AVR Libc Interrupt Reference AVR pitfalls of reentrant code I2C (warning code examples not for Arduino) I2C (sparkfun) I2C (wikipedia) I2C aka Wire Library (arduino) | ||
Week 14, Nov 16 | Project 2 Competition | Test 2 |