Microprocessors

Reference Books

“Beginning C for Arduino”, 2nd Edition
by Jack Purdum (ISBN-13: 978-1-4842-0941-7)

"Programmable Microcontrollers – Applications on the MSP432 Launchpad", 1st Edition, 2018
by Cem Unsalan, H. Deniz Gurhan, and M. Erkin Yucel

“Embedded Systems:  A Contemporary Design Tool”, 2nd Edition
by James K. Peckol (ISBN-13: 978-1119457503)

Course Goals

• Introduction to microprocessors and to the design and operation of computer systems.
• A study of the microprocessor and its basic support components.
• Analysis of CPU architectures of modern computers.
• Basics of assembly language programming.
• Use of an assembler and other development tools for programming and developing microprocessor-based systems

Hardware

• Arduino Uno
• Teensy 4.1

Software

• KiCad: for PCB design (version 7.0 used in the course)
• Arduino IDE (Link)

Online Tools

• GitHub: to upload files for review and backups

Additional Resources

• Embedded C Programming Style (Videos)
• Essentials: Pointer Power! (Video)
• Triple Ref Pointers (Video)
• EXTRA BITS: The Triple Ref Code (Video)
• Why C is so Influential (Video)