Design and Manufacturing of Microsystems

Course Outline

1. An Introduction to Computer Architecture
2. Assembly Language
3. Forth/Open Firmware
4. Electronics 101
   • Voltage and Current
   • Analog Signals
   • Power
   • Reading Schematics
   • Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors, Transformers, Crystals
   • Diodes, Transistor, Logic Gates
   • Digital Signals
   • Electrical Characteristics
   • The Importance of Reading the Datasheet
5. Power Sources
   • Batteries
   • Low Power Design
   • Regulators (LM78XX Regulators)
   • Electrical Noise and Interference
6. Building Hardware
   • Tools
   • Soldering
   • Quick Construction
   • Printed-Circuit Boards
   • Building It
7. Adding Peripherals Using Serial Peripheral Interface
8. Adding Peripherals Using I2C
   • Overview of I2C
   • Adding a Real-Time Clock with I2C
   • Adding a Small Display with I2C
9. Serial Ports
   • UARTs
   • Error Detection
   • RS-232C
   • RS-422
   • RS-485
10. IrDA
11. Universal Serial Bus
12. Networks
    • Controller Area Network (CAN)
    • Ethernet
13. Analog
    • Amplifiers
    • Analog to Digital Conversion
    • Temperature Sensor
    • Light Sensor
    • Accelerometer
    • Pressure Sensors
    • Magnetic-Field Sensor
    • Digital to Analog Conversion
    • PWM
    • Motor Control
    • Switching Big Loads
14. The PIC Microcontrollers
    • A Tale of Two Processors
    • Starting Simple
    • A Bigger PIC
    • PIC-Based Environmental Datalogger
    • Motor Control with a PIC
15. AVR Microcontrollers
16. 68HC11 Microcontrollers
17. MAXQ Microcontrollers

References:

• Designing Embedded Hardware, By: John Catsoulis
• Embedded Systems and Computer Architecture, By: Graham Wilson
• Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, By: John L. Hennessey and David A. Patterson
• Embedded System Design, By: Lewin A.R.W. Edwards