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211

 CprE 211 - Microcontrollers and Digital Systems Design

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Iowa State University

Fall 2003

Laboratory

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Open Lab

Supervised Open Lab: The lab is open on Mondays and available to students ALL day.

Lab instructors will be present as follows: Monday 1:30-2:30 (Rob), 2:30-3:30 (Wei), and 3:30-4:30 (Joe). Feel free to request assistance from any lab instructor. You may also contact your lab instructor to arrange a meeting.

Quick Links (this page)

File List

Assembly Information

Lab Policies

Lab Policies (from Grading Policy)

Code Commenting

Code Commenting Guidelines

Weekly Labs

The lab is available when its link is active. A lab is usually available on the Friday before its scheduled week.

Lab 1 Instructions

Lab 2 Instructions

Lab 3 Instructions

Lab 4 Instructions

Lab 5 Instructions

Lab 6 Instructions

Lab 7 Instructions

Lab 8 Instructions

Lab 9 Instructions

Lab 10 Instructions

Lab Project

Lab Project Preliminary Activity

Lab Project

Lab Project Progress Activity

Lab Project Evaluation Form

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Some Files Used in the Labs

File	Description
HelloWorld.zip	Hello World source files for Lab 1
I/O Port Addresses	Definitions to reference memory-mapped I/O
defines.h	C header file with PowerPC-specific information
PPC_Support.c, PPC_Support.h	C source files with PowerPC-specific support
Qterm.c, Qterm.h	C source files to use the QTerm LCD display with the PowerPC
PowerPC.ht	HyperTerminal settings file for use with PowerPC
Serial_PC.c, Serial_PC.h	C source files to use the serial communications between the PC HyperTerminal and PowerPC
serial.c, serial.h	C source files for PowerPC serial port I/O and ASCII string formatting functions

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C Reference Information

CodeWarrior MSL C Reference (3.5 MB)

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Assembly Reference Information

The following resources are available on the assembly language for the PowerPC 555:

 Online Resources:

• PowerPC Assembly Resources (comprehensive list of PowerPC assembly resources used in CPRE 211)
  
  
• PowerPC Programming Manual (online version of your "Motorola Assembly RCPU Reference Manual")
• CodeWarrior Assembly Guide (stuff related to the assembler, such as directives and macros)
• Quick Reference Guide (very helpful! -- includes list of instructions, examples, and assembly file information)
• Assembly File Information (.import, .export, .include, .text, .function)
• Interfacing with the Power PC serial port
• Allocating large blocks of memory/variables

· Approaches to Mixed C and Assembly Code:

· Chapter 8, Inline Assembler for Embedded PowerPC, in Code Warrior - Targeting Embedded PowerPC

· Application Note, Developing PowerPC Embedded Application Binary Interface (EABI) Compliant Programs

· Using EABI for the PowerBox: Prologue and Epilogue Code Examples

· Structured Approach to Writing Functions in Assembly

Book Resources:

• RCPU Reference Manual ("Motorola Assembly RCPU Reference Manual")
• Instruction Set Summary - Chapter 4 of Reference Manual
• Instruction Set - Chapter 9 of Reference Manual