CP316: Microprocessor Systems and Interfacing





Pages created and updated by Terry Sturtevant Date Posted: February 10, 2022


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Introduction

Development Environment

Target Hardware

Arduino based on AVR Microcontroller

Reference Material

Course Material

Week of ... Lab/Lecture Reference Material
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Jan. 3  

 



Lecture: Lecture: Lecture:



Jan. 10   Lecture: Lecture: Lecture:



Jan. 17  

 

Lecture: Lecture: Lecture:



Jan. 24   Lecture:
  • UART [ Tuesday June 18, 2019 ]

  • SoftwareSerial uses PinChange interrupts
    AltSoftSerial uses Timer1

  • 2 -wire interface (TWI, a.k.a. I2C) [ Tuesday June 18, 2019 ]

  • SPI [ Tuesday June 18, 2019 ]

  • Display options: Shield, UART, SPI, TWI, (a.k.a. I2C)
  • ATmega328/Arduino pin mapping
Lecture: Lecture:



Jan. 31  

 

Lecture: Lecture: cancelled

Lecture:



Feb. 7   Lecture:
  • Dithering [ Monday February 10, 2020 ]

  • ALC exercise: pulsewidth to ultrasonic measurement
    (ready)

  • Copying volatile variables

    Consider the following:
    volatile somevar;
    //stuff




    doSomething(somevar);
    // more stuff
    doSomethingElse(somevar);


    What is the potential problem in the above code?

  • ALC exercise: robot control options
    (ready)

  • Project ideas
    Prototype 2 different process diagram options to compare. (Maybe carry both to the end?)
    adaptive cruise control checklist (preliminary)

Lecture: Lecture: cancelled




Feb. 14  

 

Lecture:
  • Project update:
    Dual prototype options:
    The goal is to abstract the option details as close to the hardware as possible. There should be a single program, with a boolean that determines which is in operation.
    2 PWM options
    fixed/adaptive distance measurement
    open/closed loop straightness (1 or 2 sensors)
    ultrasonic or IR distance
    servo or DC motors
    revised adaptive cruise control project checklist
  • Lab prep: Motor control options
    What are the options for PWM motor control?
  • ALC exercise: Motor PWM parameters determination
Lecture: Lecture:



Feb. 21 READING WEEK  



Feb. 28   No lectures: project work
  • Decide on option to pursue



Mar. 7   No lectures: project work
  • project work; try straight line movement?



Mar. 14  

revised adaptive cruise control project checklist No lectures: project work
  • project; user programmable top speed and minimum distance ?



Mar. 21  
No lectures: project work
  • project - smooth acceleration and deceleration



Mar. 28  
No lectures: project work
  • Project demonstration - March 31

    course evaluation in lab March 31 MyLearningSpace evaluation open March 30 to April 5



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