| CODE | TET2014 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Introduction to Coding for Microcontroller-based Systems | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Technology and Entrepreneurship Education | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This unit introduces students to microcontrollers, their use and their programming. Students will be introduced to Study-Unit Aims: This unit aims to: • introduce students to the architecture and capabilities of microcontrollers; • introduce students to concepts underlying the interface between the software and hardware components of an electronic system; • introduce students to the core constructs of machine language and assembly language; • introduce students to the core constructs of a high-level procedural programming language; • introduce students to the main concepts underlying the design, development and debugging of software in a procedural high-level programming language; • introduce students to the importance of embedded systems within the context of the Internet of Things. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: • program a Programmable logic controller using ladder logic; • distinguish between microcontrollers and general-purpose microproessors; • identify the main components and describe the architecture of a microcontroller; • distinguish between low-level and high-level programming languages; • understand the language translation process from source to machine code, libraries, linking and loading; • use flow-charts and other schematics to design and document program flow; • use the core constructs of a high-level procedural programming language; • devise testing and debugging methods to verify the correctness of a software solution. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: • control simple sensor-actuator systems using a PLC; • create simple projects interfacing a microcontroller with a variety of sensors and actuators; • design, code and debug simple AVR programs in assembly language; • design, code and debug simple Arduino sketches (C programs) using the Arduino IDE. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: • Banzi, M. & Shiloh, M. (2014) Make - Getting Started with Arduino : The Open Source Electronics Prototyping Platform, 3rd edn., O'Reilly ISB 9781449363338. • Documentation for the Arduino controller board, Arduino IDE, Atmel AVR microcontroller and Atmel Studio. Supplementary Readings: • Monk, Simon (2011) Programming Arduino Getting Started with Sketches, McGraw Hill NY. • Evans M., Noble J., Hochenbaum J (2013) Arduino in Action, Manning ISBN 9781617290244. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Study-unit: TET2013 | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Diane Vassallo |
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