Microprocessors and Embedded Systems (in English)

• 26 hrs lectures
• 6 hrs exercises
• 8 hrs laboratories
• 12 hrs projects

• 55 pts final exam (45 pts written part, 10 pts test part)
• 15 pts mid-term test (5 pts written part, 10 pts test part)
• 16 pts labs
• 14 pts projects

• Students are familiar with general structure of microcontrollers and with the techniques of embedded systems design.
• Students are capable to design and debug the routines and initialization routine for each peripheral device. They are skilled in utilizing of basic debugging techniques for the application programs written in C language.

Understanding of design specificity of embedded systems using microcontrollers and techniques of application debugging.

To give the students the knowledge of architecture of different microcontrollers. To acquaint with performance of individual subsystems namely CPU- programming model, flash memory, timer, interrupt subsystem, communication interface, AD converter. Make students familiar with basic rules and programming techniques in a  high-level language C as well as with embedded system design.

• Machine Level Programming (ISU)
• Design of Computer Systems (INP)

To be familiar with the structure of CPU  and other computer components, basics of electronics and machine-level programming. The basic knowledge of programming in C language.

• Materials for lectures, labs and exercises.
• J.W. Valvano, Embedded Systems: Real Time Interfacing to ARM Cortex-M Microcontrollers, ISBN 978-1463590154, 2017.
• K60 Sub-Family Reference Manual, available on-line: https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/reference-manual/K60P144M100SF2V2RM.pdf
• ARM Cortex-M4 Processor Technical Reference Manual, available on-line: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.100166_0001_00_en/index.html
• Study materials published by Freescale/NXP.
• KL05 Sub-Family Reference Manual, available on-line: https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/reference-manual/KL05P48M48SF1RM.pdf
• Cortex-M0+ Devices Generic Users Guide, available on-line: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.dui0662b/index.html
• Predko, M.: "Handbook of Microcontrollers", McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0079137164, 1998.
• J.W.Valvano, Embedded Systems: Introduction to ARM Cortex-M Microcontrollers, Volume 1, ISBN 978-1477508992, 2014.

1. Introduction into Embedded systems.
2. ARM Core for microcontrollers.
3. Memory subsystem and interrupts.
4. Programming in C.
5. Communication intefraces.
6. FITkit programming.
7. Digital inputs and outputs, ports.
8. Timers, counters.
9. Analogue input and output.
10. System clock and clock generation.
11. Power supply and power consmption of embedded systems.
12. Practical aspects of embedded systems design.
13. Real-time systems.

1. Introduction to lab kit, serial communication.
2. Digital input/output.
3. Timer, PWM.
4. Analogue input.

1. Individual twelve-hour project.

• 4 laboratory assignments with the defense, with due-date submission to IS  (16 points max, out of that: 8 points for solution functionality, 4 points for solution quality, 4 points for solution defense quality)
• 1 mid-term written test (15 points max)
• 1 project with defense and due-date submission to IS (14 points max, out of that: out of that: 7 points for solution functionality, 4 points for solution quality, 3 points for solution defense quality)

Exam prerequisites:
No conditions are applied.

Following activities are monitored: attendance and activity during lectures, exercises, laboratories and project-related works. All works have to be submitted before the deadlines; late submissions will be evaluated by 0 points.

No conditions are applied.