INTRODUCTION TO MICROPROCESSOR SYSTEMS

ECE 353

Course Description

Introduction to architecture, operation, and application of microprocessors; microprocessor programming; address decoding; system timing; parallel, serial, and analog I/O; interrupts and direct memory access; interfacing to static and dynamic RAM; microcontrollers.

Prerequisties

E C E/COMP SCI 252and (COMP SCI 300or 302 prior to Fall 2018), or member of Engineering Guest Students

Credits

Offered

Fall, Spring

Grade Point Average

3.52

10.30% from Historical

Completion Rate

100.00%

2.98% from Historical

A Rate

53.49%

77.67% from Historical

Class Size

50.27% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

Sorted by ratings from Rate My Professors

Joseph KRACHEY

[email protected]

4.2

Rating

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