INTRODUCTORY MICROPROCESSOR LABORATORY

COMPSCI/ECE 252

Logic components built with transistors, rudimentary Boolean algebra, basic combinational logic design, basic synchronous sequential logic design, basic computer organization and design, introductory machine- and assembly-language programming.

ECE 751

Embedded applications, embedded processors and multiprocessors, embedded system design and simulation, configurable/reconfigurable embedded systems, embedded compilers and tool chains, run-time systems, application design and customization, hardware and software co-design, low-power design. Knowledge of computer architecture [such as E C E 552] strongly encouraged.

ECE 353

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.

COMPSCI/ECE 354

An introduction to fundamental structures of computer systems and the C programming language with a focus on the low-level interrelationships and impacts on performance. Topics include the virtual address space and virtual memory, the heap and dynamic memory management, the memory hierarchy and caching, assembly language and the stack, communication and interrupts/signals, compiling and assemblers/linkers.

ECE 453

Hardware and software design for modern microprocessor-based embedded systems; study of the design process; emphasis on major team design project.