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 CPRE 288 - Introduction to Embedded Systems

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Iowa State University

Fall 2009

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WEEK 1 Aug 25 & 27	Lecture 1: Syllabus , Introduction to Embedded Systems Lecture 2:  Embedded C programming (Notes 8/27)
WEEK 2 Sep. 1 & 3	Lab 1: Embedded programming environment - "Hello World" program Lectures 3 & 4: Embedded C programming (Notes 9/1) (Notes 3/9) USEFUL REFERENCES: Embedded C programming notes from M. Pont, Univ of Leicester, UK; Smiley Micros intro to C and AVR environment
WEEK 3 Sep. 8 & 10	Lab 2: Open Interface for iRobot Create. Lectures 5 & 6: Embedded C programming (Notes 9/8) (Notes 9/10) USEFUL REFERENCES: A Free Online C Book - Mike Banahan, Declan Brady and Mark Doran; (You may want to look at Chapter 5 for arrays and pointers)
WEEK 4 Sep. 15 &  17	Lab 3: push button, shaft encoder, stepper motor memory mapped IO . Lectures 7 & 8: Embedded C programming (Notes 9/15), (Lab 3 Shaftencoder/Stepper Motor), (Ports dicussion), (Notes 9/17) USEFUL REFERENCES: iCreate discussion forums page (look at projects discussion forum for example projects - if you want to look at example C code); comprehensive AVR information page including C resource links AVR Freaks homepage including projects and forums
WEEK 5 Sep. 22 & 24	Lab 4: LCD Alarm clock. Lectures 9 & 10: LCD clock case study and timers (Notes 9/22); Embedded C programming (Notes 9/24); Atmel C programming Atmel users guide (Timer description starting Page 110)
WEEK 6 Sep. 29 & Oct 1	Lab 5: USART Communication Lectures 11 & 12: USART (Notes 9/29;Atmel C specifics, ADC,(Notes 10/1); Atmel Mega128 Users guide AVR gcc include folder AVR gcc examples folder
WEEK 7 Oct. 6 & 8	Lab 6: ADC - IR based distance estimation Lecture 13: ADC,(Notes 10/6); Exam 1 in class (Thursday, Oct 8) – through Lectures of week 5.
WEEK 8 Oct. 13 &  15	Lab 7: Sonar based distance estimation Lectures 14 & 15: remote control case study and input capture (Notes 10/13); PWM capability of timers (Notes 10/15); Wikipedia SPI Information page Wikipedia USART Information page
WEEK 9 Oct. 20 & 22	Lab 8: Servo Position Control with PWM Lectures 16 & 17: PWM capability of timers (Notes 10/20); SPI Srial interface (Notes 10/22) WinAVR PWM Tutorial
WEEK 10 Oct. 27 & 29	Lab 9: Object Counting and Size Discrimination Lectures 18 & 19: AVR architecture and assembly (Notes 10/27); (Notes 10/29); AVR Assembly manual The long add example assembly file;
WEEK 11 Nov. 3 & 5	Lab Project: VORTEX Rover Lectures 20 & 21: AVR architecture and assembly (Notes 11/3); (Notes 11/5); AVR Assembler guide; AVR Assembly tutorial 1 Another AVR assembly tutorial
WEEK 12 Nov.10 & 12	Lab Project: VORTEX Rover Lecture 22: AVR architecture and assembly (Notes 11/10); Assembly Programming Links: Atmel AVR Assembly Guide; Oregon State tutorial; Schmidt Tutorial on AVR Assembly; Online AVR Assembly tutorial Exam 2, Thursday Nov 12
WEEK 13 Nov. 17 & 19 Nov 24, 26 Thanksgiving break	Lab Project: VORTEX Rover Lecture 23 & 24: AVR architecture and assembly (Notes 11/17); AVR assembly procedure calls (Notes 11/19) More Assembly Programming Links: Atmel AVR Assembly Instruction Manual; Atmel AVR Assembly Guide with assembler directives;
WEEK 14 Dec. 1 & 3	Lab Project, Lab Project Evaluation Lectures 25 & 26:
WEEK 15 Dec. 8 & 10	Lab Project Demonstration. Lectures 27: Exam 3, Thursday, Dec 10