| CODE |
CCE2011 |
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| TITLE |
Microcontrollers |
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| LEVEL |
02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course |
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| ECTS CREDITS |
6 |
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| DEPARTMENT |
Communications and Computer Engineering |
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| DESCRIPTION |
To get familiar with various micro-controllers, with special emphasis on the 8051 family of microcontrollers and a widely used industrial Integrated Development Environment (IDE by KEIL ©).
Syllabus:
• Introduction: Overview of basic microcontroller features and constraints. Special mention of memory maps, SFR registers, ports, timers, interrupts and bit manipulation procedures.
• Assembly language programming environment – simulation and board target programming.
• High-level language (C) programming environment – simulation and board target programming.
• Passing data between assembly and C modules – brief introduction
• Debugging techniques and Code optimization.
• Interfacing LCDs, keyboards and sensors.
• Serial port circular buffer routines, interrupt driven, XON-XOFF protocol.
• Introduction to the PaulOS co-operative real-time operating system (RTOS).
• Board design of stand-alone systems.
Laboratory Work:
Examples of topics covered in theory ending with an assignment.
Students urged to buy their own development board (such as the Silicon Labs C8051F020TB).
Textbooks:
• The 8051 Microcontroller, 3rd ed. by I. Scott MacKenzie, Prentice-Hall ISBN 0 –13-780008-8.
• PaulOS – an 8051 RTOS by Paul P. Debono (textbook as a pdf file).
References:
• C and the 8051 - 3rd ed. by Thomas Schultz, Prentice-Hall ISBN 1-58961-237-X.
• Embedded Programming by M.T. Chew and G. S. Gupta, Silcon Labs. |
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| RULES/CONDITIONS |
Before TAKING THIS STUDY-UNIT YOU MUST TAKE CCE1110 AND TAKE CCE2010
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES |
Leads to: CCE3010 |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE |
Lecture, Tutorial and Practical |
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| METHOD OF ASSESSMENT |
| Assessment Component/s |
Resit Availability |
Weighting |
| Practical |
No |
20% |
| Examination (2 Hours)
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Yes |
80% |
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| LECTURER/S |
Trevor Spiteri
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23 May 2013
http://www.um.edu.mt/ict/studyunit
