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By Dr. Saud Al-Wasly: EE-366: Microcontrollers

This document provides an overview and objectives of the EE-366 Microcontrollers course. The course aims to increase awareness of microcontrollers and their applications. It will cover the internal architecture of microcontrollers, I/O subsystems, embedded programming in assembly and C, and use of embedded tools. Microcontrollers are intended for use in embedded systems and integrated control circuits, with applications in areas like aerospace, medical devices, and autonomous machines. The course will use the Microchip PIC microcontroller and cover related development boards, software tools, and reference materials. Student work will be graded based on quizzes, projects, a midterm, and a final exam.

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By Dr. Saud Al-Wasly: EE-366: Microcontrollers

This document provides an overview and objectives of the EE-366 Microcontrollers course. The course aims to increase awareness of microcontrollers and their applications. It will cover the internal architecture of microcontrollers, I/O subsystems, embedded programming in assembly and C, and use of embedded tools. Microcontrollers are intended for use in embedded systems and integrated control circuits, with applications in areas like aerospace, medical devices, and autonomous machines. The course will use the Microchip PIC microcontroller and cover related development boards, software tools, and reference materials. Student work will be graded based on quizzes, projects, a midterm, and a final exam.

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EE-366: Microcontrollers

Lecture 01
by
Dr. Saud Al-Wasly
What is a Microcontroller system

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Course Objectives
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Increase the awareness about microcontrollers and their
application
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Gain knowledge of the internal architecture MCU and its IO
subsystems
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Practice the problem solving approach using
microcontrollers
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Practice embedded system programming in Assembly
and a high-level language (C)
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Use modern embedded tools to program and debug
embedded software
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Programmable Devices
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ASIC (SP)
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FPGA (GP)
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DSP (ASIP)
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Microcontroller (GP)
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Microprocessor (GP)
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Co-Processor (SP)
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PLC (GP)
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Single-board embedded compute
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General-purpose computer
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Microprocessor (MP) VS Microcontroller (MCU)
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Intended application (usage, purpose)
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Internal design architecture
– Memory oriented vs IO oriented
– Design complexity and power consumption
– MCU is chip-inclusive while MP is not
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# of instructions: more than ~1,000 / ~35 inst.

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Drawbacks of Modern MP systems
Dynamic Frequency Scaling

Deep Pipeline

Hardware Prefetcher

Out-of-order Execution

Complex Cache Architecture

Bus Contention

DRAM Access Time

Unregulated Interrupts

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Common Application of Microcontrollers

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MCU is intended to integrate with a control circuit

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Hard Real-time Systems

Aerospace and Aviation

Embedded Medical Devices

Autonomous Machines

https://mars.nasa.gov/gamee-rover/
https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/732397958120919281/
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What are these boards?

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LEGO-Friendly Controllers

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Microchip PIC

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EPROM
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EEPROM
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FLASH

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Other Popular MCU brands

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Microchip Software Tools

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Hardware Tools

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Hardware Tools

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Textbook and references
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“PIC Microcontroller and Embedded systems –
Using Assembly and C for PIC18,” Muhammad Ali
Mazidi, Rolin D. McKinlay, and Danny Causey,
Prentice Hall
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“Advanced PIC Microcontroller Projects in C: From
USB to RTOS with the PIC 18F Series “, Dogan
Ibrahim
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“Applying PIC18 Microcontrollers”, Barry B. Brey
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Microchip and Mikroelektronica web sites
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Grading System

Quizzes 10%
Mid-term 20%
Project 20%
Final 50%

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EE366 on Google Classroom
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Go to Google Classroom:
– https://classroom.google.com/
– Sign-in with your KAU student email account
– Got to the + sign to add a new class
– Use the code (dee40r7) to join this EE366 class
– Install Google Classroom on your mobile device to
keep up-to-date

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Course Instructor
Dr. Saud Mohammad Wasly
Office: Building Eng-40A, room 34C44
Email: [email protected]
Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday from 11:00 AM
to 01:00 PM or by appointments

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