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Lecture of September 24, 2007

Introduction to the course

Power supply design (Source: Handout #1)

Lecture of Oct. 8, 2007

Power supply design (Source: Handout #1)

Lecture of Oct. 22, 2007

(Mainly from Stuart Ball, Analog Interfacing to Embedded Microprocessors, Newnes, 2001)

Op Amp selection (GBW, OP AMP instrumentation amplifiers, saturation, etc.) (Handouts 3,4 &5 are to be taken as examples)

Optocouplers

Analog multiplexers (Source: Handout # 6 )

Mechanical switches (relays, solenoids, etc.) (Source: Chapter 6)

Motors (DC, stepper) (Source: Chapter 7)

Microcontroller interfacing issues: buffers, tristate output, logic levels (Source: Handout #7 )

Lectures of November 5, 2007

(Mainly from Stuart Ball, Analog Interfacing to Embedded Microprocessors, Newnes, 2001, and Ken Arnold, Embedded controller hardware design )

Tristate logic (Source: Chapter 1 of Arnold)

Timing diagrams (Source: Chapter 1 of Arnold)

ADC (Source: Chapter 2 of Ball)

Memory (Source: mainly the lecture notes and for more information read Chapter 4 of Arnold)

Temperature sensors (Source: Chapter 3 of Ball)

Optical Sensors (Source: Chapter 3 of Ball)

Magnetic sensors (Source: Chapter 3 of Ball)

Mechanical Switch (Source: Chapter 3 of Ball)

Motors (Source: Chapter 7 of Ball)

TRIACs (Source: Handout # 9)

Basics of 8051 (Source: Handout #8)

Lecture of November 26, 2007

I/O Ports (Handout #8)

Timer Operation (Handout #8)

Interrupt Operation (Handout #8)

Lecture of December 10, 2007

(Mainly from the Keil development tool help + textbook "Real-Time Concepts for Embedded Systems" by Qing Li)

Description of class project #2

Embedded C notes (source: any C textbook + Keil Help - see Handout #12 for header file sample)

Preprocessor directives (Source: any standard C textbook or Keil Help - See Handout #13 for list)

Function vs. Macro (Source: any standard C textbook or Keil Help - See Handout #14 for sample)

Embedded system definition (Source: Textbook of Li)

Real-Time Operating System concepts (Source: Textbook of Li + Keil Help - See sample RTOS program in Handout #15)

Multi-tasking strategies (Keil Help - See sample codes for different strategies in Handouts #16-17)

Applications (Source: Lecture Notes)