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Embedded Systems - Shape The World
- 16 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on January 19, 2016
- Ends on May 5, 2016
Course details
Syllabus
- Understanding of embedded systems using modular design and abstraction
- C programming: considering both function and style
- How to build and test circuits with switches, LEDs, resistors, potentiometers, and liquid crystal displays
- Synchronizaztion of hardware and software input/output with switches, lights, sound, sensors. motors, and liquid crystal displays
- How to solve problems using a finite state machine
- Implementation of an I/O driver and multi-threaded programming using interrupts
- Debugging using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and software instrumentation
- How to read a data sheet
- How to construct a smart object and create a system as part of the Internet of Things
Prerequisite
Instructors
- Jonathan Valvano
- Dr. Ramesh Yerraballi
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