ECE/CS 5780/6780
Embedded System Design

Course description

Teaching staff

Teaching assistants:

• Brandon Mitchell (email:bmitchell2407 AT hotmail DOT com) and
• Amany El Gouhary (email:elgouhar AT eng DOT utah DOT edu)

Send questions to: teach-ece5780

Class email list: ece5780

Note: ADD vlsigroup DOT ece DOT utah DOT edu to each address above except the TAs who use addresses in ().

Prerequisites

• Programming in C (i.e., CS 1000, CS 2000, or CS 4400)
• Data structures in C (queues, stacks, linked lists)
• Microcomputer programming (i.e., assembly language programming)
• Digital logic (multiplexers, tristate logic, finite state machines, etc.)
• Test equipment like multimeters and oscilloscopes
• Discrete analog electrical circuits (resistors, capacitors, inductors, and transistors)

Textbook

Documentation

• CPU12 Reference Manual- contains the CPU12 Instruction set
• MC9S12C Family Data Sheet
• CPU12 Reference Guide
• MC9S12C32 Brochure

• Getting Started with the Microcontroller Student Learning Kit (MCUSLK)
• Application Module Student Learning Kit Users Guide featuring the Freescale MC9S12C32
• CSM12C32 Schematic

• Prototyping Board with Microcontroller Interface
• MCU Project Board Schematic

• HC(S)08 and HC(S)12 Build Tools Utilities Manual
• CodeWarrior Debugger
• HC(S)12 Assembler Manual
• HC(S)12 Compiler Manual

ECE/CS 5780 Grading

• Lab reports - 40 percent
• Midterms - 30 percent
• Final - 30 percent

ECE/CS 6780 Students

• Must work with another grad student or alone.
• Must complete a final project.
• Lab reports - 20 percent
• Midterms - 30 percent
• Final - 30 percent
• Project - 20 percent

Meeting Times

Labs and Lab Reports

Prelab is checked at the beginning of your lab section. Working lab should be checked off during your lab section. Lab reports due to TA at beginning of your next lab section. Put your lab section number on all lab reports. There is NO provision for turning in late lab reports. Lab reports will be returned in your next lab section. If you have a question regarding your grade, please contact the grader for that assignment to address the issue. All labs reports and exams are assumed to be correctly graded one week after they are returned. After the one week has lapsed, no changes will be considered.

Lab is currently open from 7:30am to 6:05pm, but it will be open 24/7 with card key access soon.

Handouts

All files are in a pdf format. These can be viewed and printed using Adobe's Acrobat Reader.

• Spring 2007 Guidelines
• IMPORTANT: DUE WEDNESDAY JANUARY 10th by email to teach-ece5780
  • Your preferred email address.
  • A ranked listing of lab sections that you can attend.
  • Name of partner (if not known then we will assign).
  • TENTATIVE LAB SECTION/PARTNER ASSIGNMENTS
• Lab 1
  • Lab1Example.c
  • Serial Monitor
  • CodeWarrior Development Studio for HCS12X Microcontrollers V4.6 (Special Edition): There is a download link at the bottom of this page where you can download this software after registering. Note that this version has a code size restriction of 32K, but this should be sufficient for this course.
• Lab 2
  • Lab2counter.asm
  • Lab2counter.c
  • Lab2LCD.c
• Lab 3
• Lab 4
  • Catalog page for keypad (96AB2-102-R)
  • Datasheet for keypad (96AB2-102-R)
  • Photo of keypad (96AB2-102-R)
• Lab 5
• Lab 6
• Lab 7
• Lab 8
• Lab 9
  • Errata from Freescale
• Lab 10

Lectures

• Lecture 1
• Lecture 2
• Lecture 3
• Lecture 4
• Lecture 4 (supplemental)
  • The Power of Ten: rules for developing safety critical code
• Lecture 5
• Lecture 6
• Lecture 7
• Lecture 8
• Lecture 9
• Lecture 10
• Lecture 11
• Review 1
• Lecture 12
• Lecture 13
• Lecture 14
• Lecture 15
• Lecture 16
• Review 2
• Lecture 17
• Lecture 18
• Lecture 19
• Lecture 20
• Review 3

Sample Exams

• Sample Midterm Exam 1
• Sample Midterm Exam 2
• Sample Final Exam

Other useful material

• Jonathan W. Valvano's Bookmarks
• Jonathan W. Valvano's HTML book on embedded software .