CS4101: Introduction to Embedded Systems
(Fall 2016)

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Course Information

• Introduction:
  This course introduces basic concepts of microcontrollers and embedded systems. The course is designed around labs, using TI MSP430 LaunchPad and Arduino Uno to discuss concepts such as basic I/O, timing and clocking, interupt handling, serial communication, embedded operating systems, synchronization, etc.
• Instructor: Chung-Ta King
  • Email: king@cs.nthu.edu.tw
  • Phone: (03) 574-2804
  • Office: 640 Delta Building
• Classroom:
  • Time: Tuesday 10:10am-12:00pm; Thursday 10:10am-11:00am
  • Location: 236 EECS; 105 Delta Building
• Reference Book:
  • David E. Simon, An Embedded Software Primer, Addison-Wesley, 1999.
  • John H. Davies, MSP430 Microcontroller Basics, Newnes, 2008.
• Lectures:
  1. Course outline
  2. Embedded software design and implementation
  3. Introduction to MSP430
  4. General purpose IO
  5. Timers and clocks
  6. Interrupts
  7. Analog-to-digital converters
  8. Low-power optimization
  9. Asynchronous serial communication
  10. Introduction to Arduino UNO
  11. DAC and PWM
  12. FreeRTOS
  13. Tasks and scheduling
  14. Real-time scheduling and synchronization
• Labs:
  There are 11 basic labs in this course. Labs 1 to 6 are the practice labs of TI MSP430 LaunchPad, while labs 7 to 11 are practice labs of Arduino UNO.
  1. Lab 1: General purpose IO
  2. Lab 2: Timers and clocks
  3. Lab 3: Interrupts
  4. Lab 4: Analog-to-digital converts
  5. Lab 5: Low-power optimization)
  6. Lab 6: Serial communication)
  7. Lab 7: Arduino basics
  8. Lab 8: Arduino DAC and PWM
  9. Lab 9: FreeRTOS
  10. Lab 10: Tasks and scheduling
  11. Lab 11: Task synchronization

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Resources

• Development boards for the labs:
  • TI MSP430 LaunchPad
  • Arduino UNO