Microcontroller Programming and Interfacing

Course Level Undergraduate

Year

Area/Catalogue
EEET 2045

Course Level
Undergraduate

Offered Externally
Yes

Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Course ID
151843

Unit Value
4.5

University-wide elective course
No

Course owner
School of Engineering

Future Student Enquiry Current UniSA Student Enquiry

Course aim

To assist students in the development of knowledge and skills in the design of microcontroller based systems for real-world industrial applications

Course content

Introduction to Microcontrollers; Overview of microcontroller applications and major families;Microcontroller architecture and Assembly Language Programming; Addressing modes and Instruction set of a proprietary microcontroller; Microcontroller Hardware connection and Flash loaders;Interfacing with parallel I/O ports; Timer programming; Interrupt programming; Interfacing I/O devices; Intercacing with the real world: Sensing,ADC and DAC; Isolation techniques; Input capture, wave generation and driver design for various applications such as stepper and DC motorsSerial Communication with microcontrollers using industry standard buses

Assembly and C language programming of microontroller using proprietary software packages in Integrated Development Environment

Textbook(s)

Muhammad Ali Mazdi, Sarmad Naimi and Sepher Naimi 2011, the avr microcontroller and embedded systems using assembly and C, 1, Prentice Hall, United States of America

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
COMP 1041	Programming for Engineers
EEET 1026	Introduction to Computer Systems

Students who have not completed the pre-requisite courses must be able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge in digital circuits and C programming.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture	2 hours x 13 weeks
Tutorial	1 hour x 13 weeks
Practical	2 hours x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION - SINGAPORE (INTENSIVE)
Offshore	20 hours x 1 week
INTERNAL, WHYALLA
Lecture	2 hours x 13 weeks
Tutorial	1 hour x 13 weeks
Practical	2 hours x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE
External	N/A x 13 weeks
Workshop	N/A x 3 dyas

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Continuous assessment, Examination, Practical

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.