EE 351 - Fall 2021

EE 351: Microcontrollers - Fall 2021

Instructor: Kevin Wedeward (Workman Center 221, 835-5708, kevin.wedeward@nmt.edu, https://sites.google.com/nmt.edu/kevin-wedeward/)

Class Day, Time and Place: TR 12:15pm-01:30pm in Workman Center 109

Office Hours: TWR 02:30pm-04:00pm, by appointment, and any time office door is open

Textbook (Required):

• The AVR Microcontroller and Embedded Systems Using Assembly and C: Using Arduino Uno and Atmel Studio, 2nd Edition, by Sepehr Naimi, Sarmad Naimi and Muhammad Ali Mazidi, MicroDigitalEd, November 2017, ISBN-10: 0997925965, ISBN-13: 978-0997925968

• Online-only parts of the book, tutorials and other material can be found on the publisher's website: http://www.microdigitaled.com/AVR/AVR_book_v2.htm

Integrated Development Environment (One of the Following is Required):

• Microchip (formerly Atmel) Studio - recommended and used for examples in class - don't need XC8 compiler - https://www.microchip.com/en-us/development-tools-tools-and-software/microchip-studio-for-avr-and-sam-devices

• MPLAB X - https://www.microchip.com/en-us/development-tools-tools-and-software/mplab-x-ide that will require additional toolchains - https://www.microchip.com/en-us/development-tools-tools-and-software/gcc-compilers-avr-and-arm

Prerequisite: EE 271 (Mathematical Engineering)

Course Description: Introduction to microcontrollers. Topics include: programming in assembly and C, bus structures, interrupts, timing, real-time control, parallel and serial interfaces, support devices, disassemblers, and related topics.

Topics:

• Digital logic, terminology and numbering systems (binary, decimal, hexadecimal)

• Fundamentals of microcontrollers and microprocessors

• Architecture of AVR microcontrollers, and specifically the ATmega328 family

• Instruction set, assembly programming and the hex file

• Programming a chip and/or evaluation board

• C programming

• Digital Input/Output

• Timers

• Interrupts

• Input capture, wave generation and Pulse Width Modulation (PWM)

• Analog-to-digital converters (ADC)

• Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)

• Inter-Integrated Circuit (IIC or I²C)

Course Outcomes: Students will be able to

• read, interpret and use the AVR Instruction Set Manual and data sheets for the ATmega328 family of microcontrollers;

• develop, debug and simulate assembly and C programs for the AVR microcontroller in an Integrated Development Environment (IDE);

• program an evaluation board based upon the ATmega328 family of microcontrollers; and

• interface with a variety of peripherals.

Grading:

• Homework - 33%

• Projects - 33%

• Exams - 34%