COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MICROCONTROLLER ARCHITECTURE AND APPLICATIONS 6

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EEE 5047 MICROCONTROLLER ARCHITECTURE AND APPLICATIONS 6 ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Medical Informatics

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Medical Informatics

Course Objective

The course aims to provide an advanced knowledge about microcontrollers in the design of a control system, oveview of internal Architectures of different microcontrollers, Memory and I/O expansion techniques, Application specific hardwares and Programming framework and software developing tools.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The students are expected to learn basics of microcontroller structures.
2   The students are expected to understand memory structure and addressing modes for different microcontrollers
3   The students are expected to implement some applications by using microcontrollers.
4   The students are expected to gain basic skills programming and debugging in microcontroller systems
5   The students are expected to prepare a technical report about the Project proposals

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to microcontrollers
2 Types of microcontrollers
3 Memory structures of microcontrollers
4 8051 microcontroller family
5 Programming Techniques in C
6 Student Presentations
7 Student Presentations
8 Midterm Exam
9 PIC series microcontrollers
10 ATMEGA series Microcontrollers
11 ARM Based microcontrollers
12 Student Presentations
13 Student Presentations
14 General discussions

Recomended or Required Reading

Microcontrollers fundamentals for Engineers and Scientists , S.F. Barrett D.J. Pack, Morgan and Claypool, 2006 First Edition, ISBN: 1598290584

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation, discussion and project format. All class members are expected to attend and both the lecture and seminar hours, to take part in the discussion sessions and to prepare two main system design projects.

Assessment Methods

To be announced!


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm and final exam:
1. The students are expected to learn basics of microcontroller structures.
2. The students are expected to understand memory structure and addressing modes for different microcontrollers
3. The students are expected to implement some applications by using microcontrollers.
4. The students are expected to gain basic skills programming and debugging in microcontroller systems
Homework and projects:
1. The students are expected to learn basics of microcontroller structures.
2. The students are expected to understand memory structure and addressing modes for different microcontrollers
3. The students are expected to implement some applications by using microcontrollers.
4. The students are expected to gain basic skills programming and debugging in microcontroller systems
5. The students are expected to prepare a technical report about the Project proposals.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ahmet.ozkurt@deu.edu.tr
tel: 0232 3017134

Office Hours

2 hours per week

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Design Project 1 50 50
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 194

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.1555
LO.255
LO.3555
LO.4455
LO.5555