CE2007

MicroprocessorbasedSystemDesign
CourseIntroductoryBriefing
Lecturers
LamSiewKei(CourseCoordinator)
siewkei_lam@pmail.ntu.edu.sg
RaviSuppiah
ravi.suppiah@ntu.edu.sg
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IntroductoryBriefing

CourseLogistics
CourseAssessments
CourseIntroduction
CourseContentsOverview
LearningOutcomes
References

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CourseLogistics
Scheduled contact hours:
Two 1-hour Lectures per week
Monday (11:30 12:30 pm) LT10
Thursday (2:30 3:30 pm) LT13
One 1-hour Tutorial per week
Commencing Week 3

Four 3-hour Laboratory sessions over the

semester
Commencing Week 4
Venue: HWLAB2
See NTU Learn for lab schedule
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CourseAssessment
TwoComponents
Semesterendwrittenexamination 60%
Coursework 40%
Courseworkcomprisesof:
Two15minuteLabQuizzes
Quiz1 forLab1&2(attheendofLab2Session)
Quiz2 forLab3(attheendofLab3Session)
One LabreportforLab13
Submissiondate Tentatively1weekafterLab4
Detailswillbeannouncedlater
One Labassessment
Lab4
Detailswillbeannouncedlater
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log (people per computer)

ANewComputingClassRoughlyEveryDecade

Number Crunching
Data Storage
Mainframe
Minicomputer

productivity
interactive

Workstation
PC
Laptop
CPSD

year
Roughly every decade a new, lower priced computer
class forms based on a new programming platform,
network, and interface resulting in new usage and
the establishment of a new industry.

streaming
information
to/from physical
world

Source:
Prabal Dutta,
University of Michigan

ComputingClasses
Computerscanbebroadlyclassifiedbasedontheir
roles:
Numericalcomputation(numbercrunching)
Supercomputers
Dataprocessing
PersonalComputerorWorkstation
Automaticcontrolsystem
Embeddedsystems

Computerisamachinethat:
Takesininformationfromtheoutsideworld,
Processestheinformationusingapredeterminedsetof
operations
Deliverstheprocessedinformation
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EmbeddedSystems
Systemwithacomputerthatisembedded inalargersystem
andisinvisibletotheuser
E.g.remotecontrollerforTVorcontrollerusedinautomotive
applications
Oftenhandlesadedicatedtask withrealtimeconstraints
Embeddedcomputersformthemajorityofthecomputerstoday
Typicalfunctionsofanembeddedsystemforautomated
control:
Monitoroneorfewphysicalparameters(temperature,
pressure,light)anddataacquisition
Processtheacquireddata
Controlthephysicalparameters systemneedstogenerate
signals
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Example:FlightControlSystem
Theaircraftpositionandspeedaredeterminedfromsensors
Theseinformationarefedtocomputerstodeterminetheerror
intheaircraftscourse
Computeroutputssignalstomoveaircraftscontrolsurfaceand
adjustenginethrust

Source:AlanClements:PrincipleofComputerHardware(FourthEdition),Oxford
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Example:FuelInjectionSystem
Temperature,pressureoftheair,angleofthecrankshaftare
measured
Theseinformationareusedtocalculatehowmuchfuelshould
beinjected

Source:AlanClements:
PrincipleofComputer
Hardware(FourthEdition),
Oxford

MicroprocessorbasedSystem
Physicalparameters(temperature,pressure,light,etc.)

Sensorsignals(analogue)are
conditionedandconvertedto
digitalsignalsusingADC
Thedigitalsignalsarereadin
Data
andprocessedbythe
acquisition
microprocessor
DACandactuatorsareusedto
controlthephysical
Process
data
parameters

Controlsignals

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Example:RoboticMouse

CourseContentsOverview
MicroprocessorbasedSystemsrequireadditional
resourcessuchas:

Memory,
Timers
Peripheralcontrollers,
AnaloguetoDigitalConvertersetc.

Theywillneedtobespeciallyselectedtomeetthe
specificrequirements
Henceitisnecessarytofullyunderstand:
Microprocessorbasedinterfacingtechniquesand
requirements
Therangeofcomponentsavailable
Howtheycanbeinterfacedtogethertoachievereliable
operations
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CourseContentsOverview(cont.)
Currentmicroprocessorlandscapeandpracticalissues
(e.g.commonpackagesandtypicalI/Osignalsand
interfacingtechniques)
Characteristicsofcommoncommunicationmethods
(e.g.UART,SPI,I2C,RS232,RS485andIEEE488)and
devicesusedtosupportsomeofthesemethods
Characteristicsandinterfacingrequirementsfordifferent
typesofmemory
Flash,SRAMandDRAM

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CourseContentsOverview(cont.)
Physicalparameters(temperature,pressure,light,etc.)
Understandhowcomponents
suchasmemories,digital
peripheralsandADCandDACare
connectedtoamicroprocessor;
bothinlogicalconceptand
physicalpracticality
Data
acquisition

Appreciatevariouspractical
systemdesignissuesin
implementingmicroprocessor
basedsystem

Process
data

Developsimpleprograms(for
ARMCortexMbasedprocessor)
tointeractwithdevicesineither
processorpolledmodeor
interruptdrivenmode(ordirect
memoryaccesses).
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CE2007CortexM1DevelopmentSystem
ARMCortexM1
implementedon
FPGA

DE0FPGA
DevelopmentKit
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TeachingAuxiliaryBoard(TAB)

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LectureSchedule(Week1 7)
Week
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Day

Topic

Monday

T00 CourseIntroductoryBriefing

Thursday

T01Microprocessor Landscape

Monday

T02PackagesSignalsandProcessing

Tutorials

Lab

Thursday T03ARMCortexMArchitecture
Monday

T05 Peripherals,InterfaceandApplications

Thursday T04 ARMCortexMProgrammingPart1

Monday

T05 Peripherals,InterfaceandApplications

Thursday T04 ARMCortexMProgrammingPart2

Monday

Chinese NewYear

Thursday T06Sensors, ActuatorsandSignalConditioning

Monday

T06Sensors, ActuatorsandSignalConditioning

Thursday T07Analogue Interface

Monday

T08TimerInterrupt

Tutorial1
Tutorial2 Lab1
Tutorial3
Tutorial3 Lab2

LearningOutcomes
Understandhowtoconnectanyselectedmemoryor
peripheraldevicestoamicroprocessor(e.g.withdueregard
tosignalandtimingrequirements)
Knowhowsignalsassociatedwithsensorsareprocessedvia
analoguecircuitsandacquiredasquantizeddigitalnumbers
usinganaloguetodigitalconverters(ADC)
Beabletowritebasicrealtimeprogramstomanipulate
binaryinputsfromswitchesandADCreadings,andtooutput
signalstoimplementuserdefinedcontroloperations

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HowthisFitswithOther
Modules

CE1006:Computer
OrganizationandArchitecture

CE2007:Microprocessorbased
SystemsDesign

CE3003:
Microcontroller
Programming

CE3004:MultidisciplinaryProject

References
Somegeneralreferences:
JonathanW.Valvano,
EmbeddedSystems:RealTimeInterfacingtoARM
CortexMMicrocontrollers(2012edition)
JonathanW.Valvano,
EmbeddedSystems:IntroductiontoArmCortexM3
Microcontrollers
JosephYiu,
TheDefinitiveGuidetotheARMCortexM0(M3)

Specificreferencematerials(ifany)for
certaintopicswillbeindicatedat
appropriatejuncturesduringthecourse
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Questions?

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