ELE 2610 - Embedded Systems

3 lecture hours 2 lab hours 4 credits

Course Description
This course introduces students to programming and design of microprocessor-based systems. Concepts covered include microprocessor architecture, serial and parallel I/O, ADCs, Timers, interrupts, and interfacing of hardware components and sensors within an embedded system design. The target system is used for development of both software and hardware. In addition to weekly labs, students will develop a semester long project targeted at an autonomous embedded system.
Prereq: ELE 2001 and (ELE 1601 or ELE 2801) (quarter system prereq: EE 1910 or equivalent, EE 2050)
Note: None
This course meets the following Raider Core CLO Requirement: Integrate Learning

Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Explain how a microprocessor and a microcontroller work
Write structured programs targeted at embedded systems
Interpret timing diagrams and machine cycles
Interface hardware components such as switches, keypads, and LEDs to the microcontroller
Develop interrupt driven programs
Develop programs that use the subsystems of a microcontroller
Interpret and apply a standard communication protocol in an embedded system design
Diagnose software and hardware problems
Develop a complex autonomous embedded system
Write reports documenting design processes, decisions, and results

Prerequisites by Topic

Procedural programming concepts in C
Number systems, basic binary arithmetic, Boolean algebra

Course Topics

Elementary computer operations, architecture of a typical Harvard microprocessor/microcontroller
Addressing modes, instruction set, C language programming including functions
Timing, machine cycles, and states
Parallel input/output, programmed I/O, and interrupt I/O
Timer systems and I/O
A/D and D/A conversion
Serial communication
Power management and sleep modes
System component interaction and planning
System support circuits
Introduction to RTOS

Laboratory Topics

Program development involving internal registers and bit manipulation
Laboratory assignments to develop interrupt programming skills
Laboratory assignments to develop microprocessor interfacing techniques to simple I/O devices and sensors
Design projects to interface the microcontroller to complex I/O devices and sensors.
Semester long project to develop an autonomous embedded system
Each project requires a demonstration of the working hardware and software plus a design report

Coordinator
Dr. Kerry Widder

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