Instructor Info

Daniel Kohn
Email: dekohn@memphis.edu
Office ET218
Phone: 678-4515
Office Hours

Course Info

Course Policies
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Required Text

The AVR Microcontroller and Embedded Systems Using Assembly and C: Using Arduino Uno and Atmel Studio by Sarmad Naimi and Muhammad Ali Mazidi 2nd Ed available via Amazon. Please Buy the book...do NOT Rent.

Author's Website http://nicerland.com/

Required Software

Atmel Studio 7 (Now called "Microchip Studio")
Arduino IDE (use Legacy IDE 1.8.x - for avrdude utility)

Course Outline:

Date	Topic	Reading	Handouts	Assignments
Jan 16	No Class (Due to Inclement Weather)
Jan 18	No Class (Due to Inclement Weather)
Jan 23	Welcome Course Policies Introduction Computer History Team Link to class	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 25	Number System Review Team Link to class	Number Systems Big Endian / Little Endian	Class Notes
Jan 30	Memory and Bus Architecture	Flip Flops and Latches Review Tri-State Buffers Digital Buffer and the Tri-State Buffer Mux / DeMux Memory (Note: This chapter goes into greater detail than required for this class.) Adafruit Digital Circuits 5: Memories	Notes (including how to access simulations)
Feb 1	Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) CPU Architecture	Internal Architecture	ALU Sim How A CPU Works	HW #1 (ALU) - Due in one week.
Feb 6	CPU Architecture (Cont) Come ready to ask questions on the "Scott Processor" ASM and Hand Compiling		How A CPU Works 6502 Processor Visual 6502 6502 Op Codes 6502 Code Class notes	Lab 1 - Due in one week via online submission.
Feb 8	Discussion of Lab #1 12-14 ATmega328P (Brief Intro)	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)
Feb 13	Hand Compiling ASM to ML Hand Tracing		Class Notes	Lab 3
Feb 15	Lab #3 (Checksum and Time Delay) Input / Output		Checksum Spreadsheet Time Delay Spreadsheet Class Notes	HW 2 - Due in one week at start of class.
Feb 20	Review HW #1 Review of C Programming I/O Cont Bitwise Operators Lab 4a	C Programming (program structure, loops, if's etc) Bitwise Operators (Reading) Tutorial Point Bitwise Opeators in C		Lab 4a - When complete, demo to instructor and submit zip file of the project. HW #1 (ALU redo) - Due in one week (will replace 1st attempt).
Feb 22	Bitwise Operators _BV() Macro Lab 4b discussion	What is all this _BV() stuff about? Intro to bitwise operators: _BV [but please use bit name, not digit]		Lab 4b - When complete, demo to instructor and submit zip file of the project. (due Mar 5)
Feb 27	ADC		Class notes Successive Aprox Demo Lecture Notes
Mar 4-8	Spring Break
Mar 12	Discuss and Work on Lab 5			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 14
Mar 19	TEST #1 Covering all material to this point, including ADC			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!
Mar 21	Interrupts   • INT0/INT1   • TOF   • Pin Change Interrupt	Switch Bounce Video Switch Bounce Image 1 2 More Info 1 2 3 Volatile (in C)	Chp 10 (especially 10.3) Chp 9 (TOF) TOV Sample code (incomplete)
Mar 26	Return Test #1 Discuss Lab 6			Lab 6 - Due in one week. Test #1 - take home (retake). Due Tues Apr 2 at start of class. Your Test #1 grade will be a weighted average of the in class and take home tests.
Mar 28	Input Capture		Lecture Notes
Apr 2	Output Compare		Class Notes	Lab #7 - Input Capture using TSL237 Light Sensor.
Apr 4	Discuss Lab #8			Lab #8 - Use Output Compare to play the Jeopardy Theme. Use this excel spreadsheet that contains the notes and Frequencies to calculate the number of counts per note. Here is a FULL SIZE version of the Notes to Freq Table. It is best to print in Landscape Mode.
Apr 9	Discuss Final Project			Final Project - Due Study Day Apr 25, by 3pm (no exceptions)
Apr 11	Work on Lab #8 and Final Project
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Apr 25	Study Day			Final Project Due by 3pm
Exam Week	Test #2			Test #2 - The test is open notes, open book, open references. Suggest printing it out, working the problems then coming back to the page, fill in the answers and submit. To log in, use your last name (with the first letter of your last name in caps). Use the Gradewatch password sent to you at the start of the semester as your password. Test is opened now till Tues Apr 30 at 12:30pm

Reference Links:

ATmega328P Website
  • ATMega 328P Data Sheet
  • AVR Instruction Set
ATmega328P / Arduino pinout
C Quick Reference
NASA C Styleguide


Info needed for Labs

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Determine Com Port

With Arduino plugged in to computer's USB port
Win 10 - Search for "Powershell" and open
Type - "Get-WMIObject Win32_SerialPort" (no quotes)
check results for Arduino Uno (Com __ )

Atmel Studio

Setup Strings:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr\bin\avrdude.exe

-v -C "C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr\etc\avrdude.conf" -p atmega328p -c arduino -P COM7 -b 115200 -U flash:w:$(TargetDir)$(TargetName).hex:i

To get printf to work with floating point values:

Project | nameofproject Properties | Toolchain : AVR/GNU Linker | General | Check "Use vprintf library(-Wl,-u,vfprintf)"
Project | nameofproject Properties | Toolchain : AVR/GNU Linker | Miscellaneous | Other Linker Flags put into textbox | "-lprintf_flt" (leave off quotes).