(Pre-requisite: EE 341, CPE 353 or EE 370, Co. EE 472)
Basic architecture and assembly language of a microcontroller. Principles of microprocessor serial and parallel interfacing covering PSP, USART, I2C and SPI. Timers, A/D and D/A relevant chips. Software and hardware interrupt handling routines. Application of top-down design to microcontroller software development in assembly language and in C-language. Evaluation of hardware and software trade-offs.