Embedded Systems

Catalog description

This course presents C as a portable high-level language for programmatically controlling an embedded system and its associated peripherals. Embedded peripherals covered include general purpose I/O, timers, analog to digital conversion, basic serial communication, and interrupts. C pointers and structures are used to interact with the microcontroller subsystems as well as to implement interrupt driven behavior. The design and testing of modular applications using multiple files and APIs is emphasized throughout the course. Laboratory exercises employ peripheral subsystems as well as reinforce other key topics.