Dr. Linden McClure Professor Adjunct University of Colorado 425 UCB, ECEE 1B55 Boulder, CO 80309-0425

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COURSE OFFERING SCHEDULE

• ECEN 4613/5613 will be offered through the ECEE department and CAETE during the Spring 2012 semester on Wednesday evenings from 5:30-8:00pm in room ECEE 1B28 (see flyer). Enrollment limit is ~12 students for regular CU enrollment and 14 for CAETE enrollment. CAETE enrollment for Spring 2012 begins in December 2011. Wait List Frequently Asked Questions
• ECEN 4613/5613 is the first course in CU's Professional Certificate in Embedded Systems.

ECEN 5613 EMBEDDED SYSTEM DESIGN

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• Spring 2012 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): PDF (~64KB)
• Spring 2012 Tentative Syllabus: PDF (~66KB)
• Semester Assignment Schedule Graphic: PDF (~86KB) (Updated 8-21-2010)

• C500 Architecture and Instruction Set: PDF (~1MB)
• C501 Data Sheet: PDF (~320KB)
• C501 User's Manual: PDF (~1MB)
• C50x Documentation Errata: PDF (~6KB) . HTML (~3KB)

• 80C51 Family/80C51 Family Architecture: PDF (~75KB)
• 80C51 Family/80C51 8-bit Microcontroller Family Data Sheet: PDF (~246KB)
• 80C51 Family/80C51 Family Hardware Description: PDF (~153KB)
• 80C51 Family/80C51 Family Programmer's Guide and Instruction Set: PDF (~127KB)

• Atmel AT89C51RC2 Data Sheet: PDF (~1531KB)
• Atmel AT89C51RC2 Errata: PDF (~77KB)
• Atmel C51 Architecture Reference Utilities: 8051 Hardware Manual, UART Setting Spreadsheet, Instruction Set, etc.
• Atmel Application Notes, Example Code, and Software Tools: Atmel AT89C51RC2 Link . Atmel AT89C51RE2 Link

Lab #1

• S2012 Lab #1 Assignment: PDF (~92KB) [Assigned 1/15/2012, Due 2/01/2012 and 2/07/2012, Cutoff 2/29/2012]
• Homework Related to Lab #1
• Course Archives - General Questions about the Course: HTML (~10KB)
• Course Archives - General Questions about the 8051 and Emily52: HTML (~5KB)
• Course Archives - Questions about Test Equipment (Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzer, etc.): HTML (~6KB)
• Course Archives - Questions about the Oscillator: HTML (~4KB)

Software Used for Lab #1 and #2:

• Emily 52 Demo Package . Other Related Tools/Information: EdSim51
• Orcad Schematic/Layout Tools (Free Demo Download and Free Demo CD)
• OrCad Starter Schematics (.DSN) and OrCad Library from Spring 2001: ZIP (~183KB)

The following documents will be useful for HW #2 and Lab #1:

• National Semiconductor LM7800C/LM140/LM340 Voltage Regulator Data Sheet: PDF (~513KB)
• Motorola MC7800 Voltage Regulator Data Sheet: PDF (~279KB)
• Intel AP-125 Designing Microcontroller Systems for Electrically Noisy Environments: PDF (~454KB)
• Intel AP-711 EMI Design Techniques for Microcontrollers in Automotive Applications: PDF (~409KB)
• TI SCBA007A The Bypass Capacitor in High-Speed Environments: PDF (~68KB)
• Intel AP-155 Oscillators for Microcontrollers: PDF (~979KB)
• Microchip AN686 Understanding and Using Supervisory Circuits: PDF (~93KB)
• Microchip MCP-101 Microcontroller Supervisory Circuit Data Sheet: PDF (~243KB)
• Maxim MAX691 Microprocessor Supervisory Circuit Data Sheet: PDF (~627KB)
• Maxim MAX805L Microprocessor Supervisory Circuit Data Sheet: PDF (~99KB)
• Tektronix Primer XYZs of Oscilloscopes: PDF (~622KB)
• Tektronix Primer ABCs of Probes: PDF (~945KB)
• Atmel ATF16V8C SPLD Data Sheet and Software:
  • ATF16V8C Datasheet: PDF (~512KB) . Atmel ATF16V8C Link . Atmel WinCUPL Link
  • WinCUPL User's Guide: PDF (~350KB)
  • WinCUPL Tuturial and Supporting Docs: ZIP (~134KB)
  • Introduction to Atmel ATF16V8C and WinCUPL (lecture notes): PDF (~287KB)
• Device Programmer (Needham's EMP-20/EMP-100)
  • Device Programmer Presentation Handouts (1-30-2005): PDF (~177KB)
  • ATF16V8C SPLD Programming Guide for NEI EMP-100: PDF (~136KB)

• S2012 Vocabulary: PDF (~13KB) [8/20/2011]
• S2012 Parts Kit Contents: PDF (~27KB)
• Laboratory Rules for ECEN 4613/5613: PDF (~9KB)
• Standard Resistor and Capacitor Values: PDF (~12KB)
• Assembly Language Programming Overview: PDF (~101KB)
• Emily52 Overview: PDF (~107KB)
• Code Size and Timing Determination: PDF (~8KB)
• Voltage Regulator Presentation Handouts (1-26-2005): PDF (~52KB)
• Intel Hex Record and Motorola S-Record Formats: PDF (~7KB)
• ECEN 5613 PCB Layout and Partial Schematics: PDF (~456KB)
• Schematic Best Practices: PDF (~20KB)
• Example Perf Board Layout: PDF (~9KB)
• Tips for Board Construction: PDF (~6KB)
• Development Board Presentation Handouts (1-26-2005): PDF (~426KB)
• Metcal Hand Soldering Basics: PDF (~87KB)
• SMT Prototyping Lecture: PDF (~229KB)
• Jonard Industries/OK Industries Wire Wrapping Overview: PDF (~418KB)
• Development Board Wire Wrapping ID Labels: DOC (~68KB)
  Note: Work in progress. You may need a recent version of Word to edit the drawings much.
• Development Board Wire Wrapping ID Template: Visio VSD (~831KB) . PDF (~38KB). Enhanced Visio VSD (~912KB) . Enhanced PDF (~74KB)
  Note: Work in progress. You may need to scale the drawing when printing the file.
• Wire Wrapping ID Template (compliments of Paul Kooros): PDF (~92KB) . PS (~5KB)
  Note: Do *NOT* use the "shrink to fit" option when printing the PDF file.
• Passive Components Presentation Handouts: PDF (~1.8MB)
• Heat Sink Basic Overview: PDF (~150KB)
• Chip Pinouts Quick Reference: PDF (~93KB) . DOC (~163KB)

Lab #2

• S2012 Lab #2 Assignment: PDF (~89KB) [Assigned 2/07/2012, Due 2/17/2012 and 2/21/2012, Cutoff 3/14/2012]
• Homework Related to Lab #2

• AMD Am27C256 32Kx8 EPROM Data Sheet: PDF (~167KB)
• AMD Programming AMD's CMOS EPROMs: PDF (~41KB)
• STMicroelectronics M27C256B 32Kx8 EPROM Data Sheet: PDF (~148KB)
• Fairchild (National Semiconductor) NM27C256 32Kx8 EPROM Data Sheet: PDF (~111KB)
• Catalyst CAT28C256 32Kx8 Parallel EEPROM Data Sheet: PDF (~526KB)
• Cypress Semiconductors CY62256 32Kx8 SRAM Data Sheet: PDF (~282KB)
• Samsung K6T0808C1D 32Kx8 SRAM Data Sheet: PDF (~171KB)
• Hitachi 62256B 32Kx8 SRAM Data Sheet: PDF (~155KB)
• Winbond W24257-70LL 32Kx8 SRAM Data Sheet: PDF (~155KB)
• TI BQ4011YMA-100 32Kx8 NV-SRAM Data Sheet: PDF (~153KB)
• Philips AN457 External Memory Interfacing with 80C51: PDF (~216KB)
• Dallas App Note 91: Reducing ALE Signal Noise: PDF (~80KB)
• Fairchild PN2222A NPN Transistor Data Sheet: PDF (~161KB)
• Fairchild PN2907A PNP Transistor Data Sheet: PDF (~59KB)
• On Semiconductor LS TTL General Data: PDF (~2428KB)
• Fairchild/National 74LSxx Series Data Sheets: 74LS00, 74LS02, 74LS04, 74LS08, 74LS10, 74LS11, 74LS20, 74LS21, 74LS30, 74LS32, 74LS74A, 74LS138, 74LS156, 74LS244, 74LS245, 74LS373, 74LS374
• ON Semiconductor/Motorola 74LSxx Series Data Sheets: 74LS00, 74LS02, 74LS04, 74LS08, 74LS10, 74LS21, 74LS30, 74LS32, 74LS74A, 74LS138, 74LS156, 74LS244, 74LS245, 74LS373, 74LS374
• Intronix LA1034 LogicPort Logic Analyzer: Software Download
• Intronix LA1034 LogicPort Logic Analyzer Notes: PDF (~97KB)
• Agilent/HP 1662A Logic Analyzer Notes: PDF (~118KB)
• Agilent App Note 1337 Feeling Comfortable with Logic Analyzers: PDF (~2778KB)
• Agilent HP 1662A Logic Analyzer User's Reference: PDF (~2740KB)

• LED Driver Circuits: PDF (~72KB)

Lab #3

• F2011 Lab #3 Assignment: PDF (~112KB) [Assigned 9/28/2011, Due 10/14/2011 and 10/18/2011]
• Homework Related to Lab #3

• Atmel FLIP In-Circuit Programming Utility for AT89C51RC2: FLIP
• Terminal Emulators used in ECEN 4613/5613: RealTerm . Tera Term . HyperTerminal
• Free SDCC 8051 C Compiler:
  • SDCC 8051 C Compiler . SDCC SourceForge.net Project
  • SDCC 2.6.0 Installation Executable (~2.3MB)
  • SDCC 2.6.0 Manual PDF (~631KB)
• Free Eclipse IDE for SDCC:
  • Eclipse 3.2.1 IDE and C/C++ Development Toolsuite Plugins .
  • Eclipse IDE and C/C++ Development Toolsuite Plugins . eclipseSDCC Plugin for SDCC
• Installation Notes for SDCC and Eclipse:
  • Detailed Installation Tutorial for Windows XP PDF (~9KB) . Installation Guide for Windows XP with Screen Graphics (.ppt) (~3.0MB)
  • Detailed Installation Tutorial for Windows Vista PDF (~137KB)
• Course Notes and Usage Notes:
  • AT89C51RC2 Memory Map Details: PDF (~38KB)
  • Programming an AT89C51RC2 using an EMP-100 Parallel Programmer: PDF (~128KB)
  • Programming an AT89C51RC2 using FLIP: PDF (~128KB)
  • How to Configure a Project with Eclipse & SDCC (PDF) (~745KB) . How to Build an SDCC Project in Eclipse (PDF) (~9KB)
  • SDCC Programming Tips for the Atmel AT89C51RC2: PDF (~14KB)
  • Notes on SDCC: PDF (~47KB) [Updated 3-03-2008]
  • SDCC Syntax Examples and C Starter File: sdcc_syntax_examples.c (~5KB) . sdcc_syntax_examples.rst (~91KB) [Updated 10/04/2009]
  • Subversion Version Control System: PDF (~290KB)
  • C Programming Style and Firmware Standards: PDF (~558KB) . Andrew Strotheide's pretty_pdf.bat Formatting Utility (~9KB)
• Free Subversion Version Control System: Subversion . TortoiseSVN
• Free 8051 Monitor and AS31 Assembler: PAULMON2 8051 Monitor, AS31, Gnu Make . as31.exe . as31 Documentation (edited by Prof. McClure)
• Free Editors and Development Systems: VIM Editor . Emacs Editor . DJGPP Development System
• Other Free Software: Gnu Make Executable | Gnu Make Docs . Keil C/Assembly Tools (Free Demo CD) . Franklin C/Assembly Tools (Free Demo download)

• Dallas App Note 83 Fundamentals of RS-232 Serial Communications: PDF (~75KB)
• Maxim MAX232 Data Sheet: PDF (~319KB)
• Maxim MAX485 Data Sheet: PDF (~162KB)
• Maxim MAX485E Data Sheet: PDF (~134KB)
• National App Note AN-216 Summary of Well Known Interface Standards: PDF (~94KB)
• National DS1488 Line Driver Data Sheet: PDF (~162KB)
• National DS1489 Line Receiver Data Sheet: PDF (~197KB)

• SDCC Interrupt Exercise: PDF (~6KB)
• ASCII Table: PDF (~5KB) . Control Codes and Scan Codes: HTML (~3KB)
• Makefile Examples (DDS Make and GNU Make): PDF (~94KB)
• GNU Make Overview (by Stallman and McGrath): PDF (~39KB)

Lab #4

• F2011 Lab #4 Assignment: PDF (~103B) [Assigned 10/19/2011, Due 11/11/2011 and 11/15/2011] Updated 10/29/2011
• Homework Related to Lab #4

• Microchip 24LC16B 16K-bit Serial EEPROM Data Sheet: PDF (~405KB)
• Fairchild (National) NM24C16 16K-bit Serial EEPROM Data Sheet: PDF (~103KB)
• Fairchild (National) NM24C04 4K-bit Serial EEPROM Data Sheet: PDF (~105KB)
• Microchip App Note 536 Basic Serial EEPROM Operation: PDF (~161KB)
• Microchip App Note 551 Serial EEPROM Solutions vs. Parallel Solutions: PDF (~71KB)
• Fairchild (National) App Note 794 Using an EEPROM I2C Interface: PDF (~38KB)
• Microchip App Note 537 Serial EEPROM Endurance: PDF (~149KB)
• Microchip App Note 572 Questions and Answers Concerning Serial EEPROMs: PDF (~67KB)
• Microchip App Note 709 System Level Design Considerations When Using I2C Serial EEPROM Devices: PDF (~95KB)
• Fairchild (National) App Note 822 Enhancing the Performance of Serial CMOS EEPROMs: PDF (~62KB)
• Microchip App Note 614 Interfacing the 8051 with 2-wire Serial EEPROMs: PDF (~162KB)
• Microchip App Note 614 8051 Serial EEPROM Interface Source Code: ZIP (~13KB)
• Philips I²C Bus Specification Version 2.0: PDF (~202KB)
• Links to Other I²C Information: Philips I²C-bus Home, SMBus Home
• SED1278F LCD Controller Data Sheet: PDF (~165KB)
• SED1278F LCD Technical Manual (same LCD module pinout as Optrex DMC20434/DMC16433 LCD Module below): PDF (~214KB)
• SED1278F Technical Manual Errata: PDF (~5KB)
• Hitachi HD44780U LCD Controller Data Sheet: PDF (~390KB)
• Optrex DMC20434 (same interface as DMC16433) LCD Module Data Sheet: PDF (~79KB)
• Links to Other LCD Information: Optrex LCDs . Hitachi Semiconductors . LCD Theory
• Philips PCF8574 I2C I/O Expander Data Sheet: PDF (~133KB)
• Philips I2C I/O Expander Application Note AN469: PDF (~294KB)
• TI PCF8574 I2C I/O Expander Data Sheet: PDF (~410KB)
• TI PCF8574 I2C I/O Expander Application Note SCPA032: PDF (~217KB)

• Adding an NM24C04 (or NM24C16) EEPROM to your board: PDF (~26KB)
• Adding an LCD (with an HD44780 LCD controller) to your board: PDF (~44KB)

Final Project

• S2012 Final Project Assignment: PDF (~67KB) [Assigned 1/18/2012, PDR on ~3/21/2012, Demo Due 5/02/2012]
• S2012 Lab #5 (Possible Final Project Framework, Optional): PDF (~22KB)
• Final Project Cover Page Template (optional format): DOC (~19KB)
• Final Project Report Honor Code Pledge: PDF (~7KB)
• Final Project Report Template (optional format): DOC (~102KB)
• Example Final Project Report (password protected): PDF (~650K) (posted 12/09/2008)
• Course Archives - Questions about the Final Project: HTML (~4KB)
• Final Project Pictures: S2002 . S2007 . S2009 . S2010 . F2010 . S2011 . F2011

Current Topics Presentation

• S2011 Current Topics Presentation Assignment: PDF (~38KB) [Assigned 2/15/2011, Due 3/30/2011]
• CTP PowerPoint Presentation Template: PPT (~60KB)
• Example Current Topics Presentation (password protected): PDF (~139K)

Homework Assignments

• S2012 Homework #1-#5: PDF (~52KB) [Note: Homework #1 is due by 5pm on 1/24/2012]

• S2012 Homework #6-#11: PDF (~73KB)

• S2012 Homework #12-13: PDF (~17KB)

Useful links

• Independent Study with Prof. McClure
• ECEN 4623/5623 (4003/5003) Real-Time Embedded Systems
• ECEN 5633 (5023) Hybrid Embedded Systems (Embedded Systems Laboratory Project)
• ECEN 4610 Capstone Design Lab (Computer Lab)
• ECEN 4033/5543 Software Engineering of Stand-Alone Programs . Software Engineering Certificate
• Continuing Education & Embedded Systems Certificate . Continuing Education
• Schedule Planning . CU FCQ Info . CU Connect . CULearn Course Request
• Grading Criteria . CU Policies

• Jameco . JDR Microdevices . DigiKey . Mouser . JB Saunders (Boulder) . Spark Fun Electronics (Boulder)
• BG Micro . Radio Shack . Newark . Marlin P. Jones . EarthLCD . Timeline

• 8052.com: 8051/8052 User's Web Site (includes 8051 Tutorial)
• Electronics Tutorials & Reference: Tutorial 1 . Tutorial 2 . Tutorial 3 . Other Tutorials . Resistor Color Codes
• Essential C (Tutorial/Refresher), Programming Information
• The C Book (free on-line book) . PDF Version
• Magazines: EDN . Electronic Design . EETimes . Portable Design . Circuit Cellar Ink . Popular Science . Dr. Dobbs Journal . IEEE
• Magazines: Embedded Systems Design . Embedded Systems Design Europe . Embedded Computing Design . Military Embedded Systems
• Embedded Systems Conference Online
• Jack Ganssle's Embedded Site . Newsletters . Articles . Debouncing, Firmware Standards, Code Inspections, Etc.
• High-Speed Digital Design (Signal Integrity)
• RS-232 Information (Including Connector Pinout Information)
• Semiconductor Manufacturer Logos (for identifying chips)
• Memory Technology URLs
• DAC and ADC Application Notes and URLs
• Motor and Disk Drive Application Notes and URLs
• Miscellaneous Application Notes and URLs
• Calendars: 2011 PDF (~57KB) . 2012 PDF (~57KB) . 2013 PDF (~57KB) . 2014 PDF (~57KB) . 2015 PDF (~57KB)