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 25th, 5pm |
HW 1 (pdf,code) | Start of class, Thurs, Jan 27th |
Lab 1 (pdf) | Start of class, Thurs, Feb 3rd |
HW 2 (pdf) | Start of class, Thurs, Feb 10th |
Lab 2 (pdf, lab2_button_count.ino, lab2_button_count.cpp) | Start of class, Thurs, Feb 17th |
HW 3 (pdf,code) | Start of class, Thurs, Feb 24th |
Test 1 from prior year: 2019 | For review for test on Tuesday, Mar 1st in class |
Lab 3 (pdf,Ultrasonic Sensor Datasheet,Servo Datasheet) | Thurs, Mar 3rd (End of class) |
HW 4 (pdf,code) | Start of class, Thurs, Mar 10th |
Project 1 (pdf) Project Report Template (Word Doc) Project Report Rubric (pdf) L298N Datasheet (pdf) |
Bitbucket Repos: Thursday, Mar 10th (in Lab) Checkpoint 1 - "Robot Assembly/Schematic" Thursday, Mar 10th (in Lab) Checkpoint 2 - "Robot Motion", Tuesday, Mar 22nd (in morning Lab) B-Functionality - "Wall Following", Thursday, Mar 24th (in Lab) Competition, Thursday, Mar 24th (in Lab) Code and Written Report: Tuesday, Mar 29th, 2022 (beginning of class) Competition Times |
Lab 4 (pdf, Lab 4 Code(Lab4_irq.ino or Lab4_irq.cpp)
| Beginning of Class, Thurs, Apr 7th |
HW 5 (pdf) | Start of class, Thurs, Apr 21st |
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", Thursday, Apr 14th (in Lab) Checkpoint 2 - "Robot Motion with IR Remote", Tuesday, Apr 26th (in Lab) A-Functionality - "Wall Following with Obstacle Avoidance, Thursday, May 5th (in Class and Lab) Competition, Thursday, May 5th (in Class and Lab) Written Report, Friday, May 6th by close of business (4:30pm) Competition Times |
Test 2 from prior year: 2019 | For review for test on Tuesday, May 3rd in class |
Lab 5 - Bonus Lab (pdf)
Lab 5 Code(LCD_Starter_Code.cpp, pong.cpp, pong.h) Joystick Module Datasheet | Friday, May 6th (Close of Business) |
Week | Class Topics | Lab | Reading |
Week 1, Jan 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, Jan 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, Jan 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, Feb 7 | registers and memory, debugging | W3.1, R7.* | |
Week 5, Feb 14 | debugging, timers | timers and I/O | R4.* |
Week 4 and 5 Additional Readings: |
Debugging an Arduino UNO without a debugger Platform IO Debugging Documentation 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, Feb 21 | timers and PWM | PWM and servos | R8.* |
Week 7, Feb 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, Mar 7 | CPU bus, communication protocols (UART, SPI, RS485) Begin Project 1 | A2D | W4.1, R10.1 to R10.1.3 |
Week 9, Mar 14 | Spring Break 14-18 Mar | ||
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, Mar 21 | Project 1 Competition | ||
Week 11, Mar 28 | Begin Project 2 | ||
Week 12, Apr 4 | interrupts | interrupts, communication | W3.1.4, W3.2, R9.* |
Week 13, Apr 11 | I2C, peripherals, sensors, Embedded Operating Systems, power management, embedded algorithms, program optimization, review | i2c | R10.1.2, W6.1, W6.2, W6.3 |
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, Apr 18 | W5.5, W5.6, W5.7 | ||
Week 15, Apr 25 | Working on Project 2 | Robot Motion with IR Remote | |
Week 16, May 2 | Project 2 Competition | Test 2 |