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 31st, 5pm |
HW 1 (pdf,code) | Start of class, Thurs, Sep 1st |
Lab 1 (pdf) | Start of class, Thurs, Sep 8th |
HW 2 (pdf) | Start of class, Thurs, Sep 15th |
Lab 2 (pdf, lab2_button_count.ino, lab2_button_count.cpp) | Start of class, Thurs, Sep 22nd |
HW 3 (pdf,code) | Start of class, Thurs, Sep 29th |
Test 1 from prior year: 2019 | For review for test on Tuesday, Oct 4th in class |
Lab 3 (pdf,Ultrasonic Sensor Datasheet,Servo Datasheet) | Thurs, Oct 6th (End of class) |
HW 4 (pdf,code) | End of Class, Thurs, Oct 13th |
Project 1 (pdf) Project Report Template (Word Doc) Project Report Rubric (pdf) L298N Datasheet (pdf) |
Bitbucket Repos: Thursday, Oct 13th (in Lab) Checkpoint 1 - "Robot Assembly/Schematic" Thursday, Oct 13th (in Lab) Checkpoint 2 - "Robot Motion", Tuesday, Oct 25th (in morning Lab) B-Functionality - "Wall Following", Thursday, Oct 27th (in Lab) Competition, Thursday, Oct 27th (in Lab) Code and Written Report: Tuesday, Nov 1st, 2022 (beginning of class) Competition Times |
Lab 4 (pdf, Lab 4 Code(Lab4_irq.ino or Lab4_irq.cpp)
| End of Class, Thurs, Nov 10th |
HW 5 (pdf) | close of business, Tues, Nov 22nd |
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, Nov 17th (in Lab) Checkpoint 2 - "Robot Motion with IR Remote", Tuesday, Nov 29th (in Lab) A-Functionality - "Wall Following with Obstacle Avoidance, Thursday, Dec 8th (in Class and Lab) Competition, Thursday, Dec 8th (in Class and Lab) Written Report, Friday, Dec 9th by close of business (4:30pm) Competition Times |
Test 2 from prior year: 2019 | For review for test on Tuesday, Dec 6th in class |
Lab 5 - Bonus Lab (pdf)
Lab 5 Code(LCD_Starter_Code.cpp, pong.cpp, pong.h) Joystick Module Datasheet | Friday, Dec 9th (Close of Business) |
Week | Class Topics | Lab | Reading |
Week 1, Aug 22 | 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 29 | embedded system design, arduino intro, basic circuit diagrams | R2.5, R2.6, R2.7, R2.8, W1.1, W1.2, W1.3 | |
Week 3, Sep 5th | 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 12 | registers and memory, debugging | W3.1, R7.* | |
Week 5, Sep 19 | 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, Sep 26 | timers and PWM | PWM and servos | R8.* |
Week 7, Oct 3 | 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 10 | CPU bus, communication protocols (UART, SPI, RS485) Begin Project 1 | A2D | W4.1, R10.1 to R10.1.3 |
Week 9, Oct 17 | Fall Break 17-18 Oct | ||
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 24 | Project 1 Competition | ||
Week 11, Oct 31 | Begin Project 2 | ||
Week 12, Nov 7 | interrupts | interrupts, communication | W3.1.4, W3.2, R9.* |
Week 13, Nov 14 | 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, Nov 21 | Thanksgiving Break 23-25 Nov | W5.5, W5.6, W5.7 | |
Week 15, Nov 28 | Working on Project 2 | Robot Motion with IR Remote | |
Week 16, Dec 5 | Project 2 Competition | Test 2 |