CPE/EE 421/521 Microcomputers, Fall 2005



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Course Information

Term and Course Credit: Fall 2005, 3 credit hours

Time and Place:  Lecture: MW 2:20 PM - 3:40 PM, Room 239

Instructor: Dr. Aleksandar Milenkovic     
    Email: milenka @ ece . uah . edu
    Office: 217-L
    Phone: (256) 824 6830
    Office Hours: M: 5:15-6:15 PM and W: 12:30-1:30 PM

Lab Instructor(s): Joel Wilder
    Email: wilderj @ ece . uah . edu
    Office:  242-C
    Phone:  (256) 824 3484
    Office Hours:  TR 2:00 - 3:00 PM

Class Web page: http://www.ece.uah.edu/~milenka/cpe421-05F

Description
The goal of this course is to teach students how to design microcomputer systems and to utilize the microprocessor as a basic system component or single chip microcomputers. The course begins with an overview of typical microcomputer architecture and examines the hardware features of the microprocessor system. Basic microcomputer design and the interface between the microprocessor and external devices are explored. This course examines the software aspects of microcomputers using assembly language and C programming. At the end of course single chip microcomputers are introduced for embedded and power efficient applications. By the end of the course the students have studied all the computer components necessary to be able to design and implement a basic microcomputer system and interface it to the outside world. Experiments performed in the Microcomputer Laboratory provide considerable experience, allowing students to develop programs in assembly and C and download them into a target microcomputer.

Text Book
Alan Clements, Microprocessor Systems Design: 68000 Hardware, Software, and Interfacing, Third Addition, PWS Publishing Company, New York, 1997.

References
M68000 8/16/32 bit Microprocessor User's Manual 8th Edition, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
MC68000 Educational Computer Board User's Manual.
Programmer's Reference Manual (68000) 8th Edition.
MSP430 Family, User's Guide, Texas Instruments, 1996.
MSP430 Family, Software User's Guide, Texas Instruments, 1994.

Prerequisite: CPE/EE 321 (Computer Organization).

Academic Misconduct
Academic Honesty.  Your written assignments and examinations must be your own work.  Academic Misconduct will not be tolerated.  To insure that you are aware of what is considered academic misconduct, you should review carefully the definition and examples provided in Article III. Code of Student Conduct, Student Handbook, p. 93. If you have questions in this regard, please contact me without delay.

Use of Prior Work.  You may not submit in fulfillment of requirements in this course any work submitted, presented, or used by you in any other course.

Consent to Use of Turnitin.com.  UAH is committed to the fundamental values of preserving academic honesty as defined in the Student Handbook (7.III.A, Code of Student Conduct).  The instructor reserves the right to utilize electronic means to help prevent plagiarism.  Students agree that by taking this course all assignments are subject to submission for textual similarity review to Turnitin.com.  Assignments submitted to Turnitin.com will be included as source documents in Turnitin.com’s restricted access database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism in such documents.  The terms that apply to the University’s use of the Turnitin.com service, as well as additional information about the company, are described at www. uah.edu/library/turnitin.

Classroom Conduct.  All students in the class must treat others with civility and respect and conduct themselves during class sessions in a way that does not unreasonably interfere with the opportunity of other students to learn. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in points being deducted from a student’s final numerical average, up to a maximum of 15 points.

Copyright Aleksandar Milenkovic 2005.  All federal and state copyrights in my lectures and course materials are reserved by me.  You are authorized to take notes in class for your own personal use and for no other purpose. You are not authorized to record my lectures or to make any commercial use of them or to provide them to anyone else other than students currently enrolled in this course, without my prior written permission.  In addition to legal sanctions for violations of copyright law, students found in violation of these prohibitions may be subject to University disciplinary action under the Code of student Conduct.

Exam Dates: Final Exam – December 9 (Friday), 2005 (3:00 – 5:30 PM)

Grading Policy
Final course grades will be determined in the manner outlined below:

Undergraduate students
 Components
  % of Final Grade
 Lab Assignment
  20%
 Homeworks
  20%
 Test I
  15%
 Test II
  15%
 Final Exam
  25%
 Discretion
 5%

 Graduate students
 Components
  % of Final Grade
 Lab Assignment
  15%
 Homeworks
  10%
 Test I
  10%
 Test II
  10%
 Final Exam
  25%
 Project
  25%
 Discretion
 5%

Laboratory Assignments
The Microcomputer Laboratory is located in the room 106 of the Engineering Building.
Students will be required to work individually on a set of laboratory experiments that are designed to reinforce the material being covered in the class.

 Lecture Notes

Lecture notes will be available in PPT and PDF format.
The notes may be subject to slightly change.

 

Laboratory Assignments

Lab hours (… please stop by the lab 106 and sign up for one session.)
Lab Session#1: Monday 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Lab Session#2: Monday 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM


Labs Assignments

What
 Who
 Issued
 Due
 Assignment
 LAB #1
  U, G
 08/29/05
 09/14/05  LAB #1
 LAB #2
  U, G 09/16/05 09/28/05  LAB #2
 LAB #3
  U, G 10/02/05 10/17/05  LAB #3
 LAB #4
  U, G 10/17/05 10/31/05  LAB #4
 LAB #5
  U, G 10/31/05 11/28/05  LAB #5


Homeworks


What
 Who
 Issued
 Due
 Assignment
 HW #1
  U, G
 09/07/05
 09/21/05  HW #1
 HW #2  U, G 10/19/05 11/02/05  HW #2
 HW #3  U, G 11/16/05 11/28/05  HW #3
 HW #4  U, G 11/21/05 12/05/05  HW #4






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