Microcontrollers. 4 credits

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Explores designing with microcontrollers and microcontroller interfacing. Topics include the role of microcontrollers compared with microprocessors, microcontroller architecture and organization, interfacing with sensors and input/output devices, embedded system programming using C, and assembly language and design tools. Students perform laboratory exercises devoted to constructing systems including a microcontroller and ancillary hardware. Notes: This course is highly recommended for ECE 492 /493 students interested in using microcontroller technology in their senior design projects. It should be taken before ECE 493 . Offered by Electrical & Comp. Engineering . Limited to two attempts.