ECE 473- Microprocessor System Design

Catalog Data:. Introduction to the internal organization and application of microprocessors and microcontrollers. Topics include: architecture of microprocessors/microcontrollers, interfacing peripheral devices, and interrupts. Several current microprocessors and microcontrollers are compared. Hardware and software implementation of a complete system based on an 8-bit microcontroller is studied.

Prerequisites:

By class: ECE 375 - Computer Structures and Assembly Language
By topic: Ability to use a design architect tool like Mentor, Ability to use basic lab equipment like oscillators, oscilloscopes, Writing 8051 assembly programs, Basic 8051 microcontroller architecture, Electric circuit fundamentals

Courses that require this as a prerequisites: none

Credits: 4 Terms Offered: Winter annually

Instructors:

Primary: A. Levi
Secondary: W. Shieu

Textbook: Short, K. L., Embedded Microprocessor Systems Design, Prentice-Hall, 1998, ISBN: 0-13-249467-1 (Textbook is optional)

References: 8051 family microcontrollers' architecture, hardware and programmer's guide datasheets that are available at http://www.ece.orst.edu/~ece473/473web/info/Topics.html

Course Learning Objectives:
Students must demonstrate the ability to

1. Design, implement and test a core microcontroller system with basic I/O and memory interface.
   (ABET outcomes: a, c, k)
2. Program this system using its interrupt, timer and serial communication facilities.
   (ABET outcomes: a, c, k)
3. Interface some analog circuitry with a microcontroller. (ABET outcomes: a, c, k)
4. Identify the characteristics of memory units to be interfaced with a microprocessor-based system. (ABET outcomes: a, e, k)
5. Design memory map and address decoding logic for memory interface.
   (ABET outcomes: a, c, e, k)
6. Compare different microprocessor architectures.
   (ABET outcomes: i, j)

Topics

• Introduction to the microprocessors and microprocessor based system design. Architecture and hardware of 8051
• 8051 instruction set and addressing modes
• Timers and Counters
• Interrupts
• Serial Communication Interface
• Memory interface, address decoding, error detection and correction
• Input/Output interface, A/D, D/A
• Other microprocessors

Lab Projects: 4 lab projects which require hardware design, implementation, programming and documentation. Labs are based on 8051 family microcontrollers. Lab sections are 3 hours/week, but the students need to spend approximately 6 hours/week to accomplish their projects.

Structure: Three 50-minute lectures per week.

Original: 1/01
Revised: 9/01