ECE 447: Single-chip Microcomputers
Spring 2014
Course Information
| Time: | Monday / Wednesday, 12:00 - 1:15pm |
| Location: | Music/Theater Building, Room 1004 |
| Prerequisites: | Grade of C or better in ECE 445 and in either CS 222 or CS 367. |
| Required Textbook: | "MSP430 Microcontroller Basics". |
| by John Davies. | |
| ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-8276-3 | |
| Suggested Textbook: | "Microcontroller Programming and Interfacing - Texas Instruments MSP430". |
| by Steven Barrett and Daniel Pack. | |
| ISBN-13: 978-1-60845-713-7 | |
| Instructor: | Dr. Craig Lorie (Nguyen Engineering Building, Room 3221) |
| Email: | clorie [at] gmu.edu |
| Office Hours: | Tuesday, 5:00 - 6:00pm |
| Wednesday, 11:00am - 1:00pm | |
| Thursday, 5:00 - 6:00pm | |
| TA: | Bilal Habib |
| TA Email: | bhabib [at] gmu.edu |
| TA Office Hours: | Tuesday, 12:00 - 2:00pm |
| Nguyen Engineering Building, Room 3204 | |
| TA: | Umar Sharif |
| TA Email: | msharif2 [at] gmu.edu |
| TA Office Hours: | Monday, 1:00 - 3:00pm |
| Nguyen Engineering Building, Room 3208 |
Course Description
Explores designing with single-chip microcomputers and microcomputer interfacing. Topics include role of microcomputers compared with microprocessors and other computers, microcomputer architecture and organization, real-time control issues, assembly language programming for control, design of control software, input/output methods, design tools, and available single-chip microcomputers. Students select project and design, and construct system including single-chip microcomputer and ancillary hardware to implement control system.