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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.

Prerequisites

COMPSCI/ECE 252 and COMPSCI 300 , or member of Engineering Guest Students

Satisfies
Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.29

3.09% from Historical

Completion Rate
95.51%

-1.58% from Historical

A Rate
42.7%

39.35% from Historical

Class Size
89

53.15% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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