| Date | Topic | Reading | Handouts | Assignments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21 |
Welcome Course Policies Introduction Computer History |
Timeline of Computer History Computer History Videos · History Lost and Found - Mark I Computer · History Lost and Found - ENIAC · History Lost and Found - Transistor · History Lost and Found - Apple Computer · The Most Important Invention of the 20th Century: Transistors |
Class Notes | |
| Jan 23 |
Number System Review Memory and Bus Architecture |
Number Systems Flip Flops and Latches Review Tri-State Buffers Digital Buffer and the Tri-State Buffer Mux / DeMux |
Class Notes Notes (including how to access simulations) |
[no lab this week] |
| Jan 28 |
Memory and Bus Architecture (cont) Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) CPU Architecture |
Memory (Note: This chapter goes into greater detail than required for this class.) Adafruit Digital Circuits 5: Memories Internal Architecture |
Notes (including how to access simulations) ALU Sim How A CPU Works |
HW #1 (ALU) - Due in one week. |
| Jan 30 | CPU Architecture (Cont) Come ready to ask questions on the "Scott Processor" ASM and Hand Compiling | How A CPU Works 6502 Processor Visual 6502 Big Endian / Little Endian 6502 Op Codes 6502 Code Class notes | Lab 1 - Due in one week via online submission. | |
| Feb 4 | ATmega328P Hand Compiling ASM to ML Hand Tracing | See this doc: CPU Page 18 (Fig 7-1) Block Diagram Page 15 (Fig 2-1) Status Register Page 20 (7.3.1) Registers Page 21 (Fig 7-2) AVR Instruction Set | Class Notes | HW 2 - Due in one week at start of class. |
| Feb 6 | Lab #3 (Checksum and Time Delay) Input / Output | Checksum Spreadsheet Time Delay Spreadsheet Class Notes | Lab 3 - Due in one week at start of lab. | |
| Feb 11 | Review of C Programming I/O Cont Bitwise Operators _BV() Macro Lab 4a | C Programming (program structure, loops, if's etc) Bitwise Operators (Reading) Tutorial Point Bitwise Opeators in C What is all this _BV() stuff about? Intro to bitwise operators: _BV [but please use bit name, not digit] | Lab 4a - When complete, demo to instructor and submit zip file of the project. | |
| Feb 13 | Discussion on Lab #4a. Arrays | Arrays Tutorial | Work on Lab 4a. | |
| Feb 18 | No Class | |||
| Feb 20 | No Class or Lab | |||
| Feb 25 | Input Pins Lab 4b Discussion | Class Notes | ||
| Feb 27 | Programming Style More on Bitwise Operations Headers and Self Documenting Code | Header | Lab 4b - When complete, demo to instructor and submit zip file of the project. (tentitively due Mar 6) | |
| Mar 4 | TEST #1 Covering all material up to and including Digital I/O (Input and Output) | |||
| Mar 6 | ADC | Class notes Successive Aprox Demo Lecture Notes | Lab 5 - Lab due in one week. 10 Turn Pot's are in the cabinet along with arduino boards. (10 Turn Pots have color coded leads: Red +5, Black Ground, Yellow Output). Please include a proper Header on your programs from this point forward. | |
| Mar 10-14 | Spring Break | |||
| Mar 18 | Interrupts • INT0/INT1 | Switch Bounce Video Switch Bounce Image 1 2 More Info 1 2 3 Volatile (in C) | Chp 10 (especially 10.3) | |
| Mar 20 | Work on Labs | Lab 4c - demo and submit zip file of the project. Due in one week. Minor change to lab. Make the min time delay 1000uSec and the Max Time delay 10000uSec. Please remember to comment your code with header block and comments! | ||
