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EE10140: Microprocessors and interfacing

[Page last updated: 23 October 2023]

Academic Year: 2023/24
Owning Department/School: Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
Credits: 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 120
Level: Certificate (FHEQ level 4)
Period:
Semester 2
Assessment Summary: CW 60%, EX 40%
Assessment Detail:
  • Stopwatch coursework (CW 10%)
  • Digital Lock coursework (CW 25%)
  • Voltmeter coursework (CW 25%)
  • Examination (EX 40%)
Supplementary Assessment:
EE10140G Reassessment Examination (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: After successfully completing this unit students will be able to:
* understand the principles of digital design and interfacing;
* program a device using assembly code and a high-level language;
* use an IDE for the development cycle;
* demonstrate practical digital electronics skills by designing, building and testing an embedded system.


Aims: To introduce students to the design and build of embedded digital systems.

Skills: Application of the information, techniques and methods discussed in the lectures to solving engineering problems, microprocessor applications and digital circuits. Taught, facilitated and tested.

Content: Introduction to PICS and microprocessor architectures: registers, ALU, registers, control unit, buses. Types of connections to devices for input/output. The development cycle. Using an IDE. Programming in assembly code and a high-level language such as C. Compiling and machine code. Interrupts, timers, subroutines. Use of active pull-up, open-collector and 3-state output structures. Input and output using ports. Serial and parallel interfaces. Interfacing the PIC to digital devices: memory, ADC, DAC, displays. Practical work: group project programming and interfacing a PIC to implement a simple embedded system.

Course availability:

EE10140 is Compulsory on the following courses:

Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
  • UEEE-AFM16 : MEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering (Year 2)
  • UEEE-AKM16 : MEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 2)
  • UEEE-AFB16 : BEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering (Year 2)
  • UEEE-AKB16 : BEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 2)

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