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

• Office: Engineering Center, EE 1B32A (inside Embedded Systems Lab)
• Labs: Engineering Center, EE 1B28B, EE 1B24, and EE 1B32
• E-mail: Linden.McClure@Colorado.EDU
• ECE Home . CU Home . CU Directory Assistance . Webmail

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

ECEN 5840 USB DESIGN FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

• Instructor/TA Office Hours
• ECE Computer Network Info . Printer Setup Information . Off-Campus FTP Information
• CU Academic Calendar . CU FCQ Info . CU Library Access . Library Books on Reserve . EEF

Independent Study

• Independent Study Overview and Instructions: PDF (~8 KB) . HTML (~3 KB)
• F2005 Independent Study Possibilities: PDF (~16KB) . HTML (~4KB)
• F2006 Independent Study Application Form: DOC (~24KB)
• F2006 Independent Study Agreement Form: DOC (~25KB)
• Independent Study Deliverables: PDF (~22KB)

• Spring 2003 Tentative Course Overview: PDF (~89KB)

Assignments

• S2004 Assignment #1: PDF (~9KB) [Assigned 1/17/2004, Due 1/31/2004]
• S2003 Assignment #2: PDF (~77KB) [Assigned 1/24/2003, Due 2/08/2003]

Materials from Class

• Orcad Tips 2-02-2004: PDF (~319KB)
• EZ-USB Tools Guide (21 pages): PDF (~182KB)
• USB Development Board #1 Report (15 pages): PDF (~284KB)
• USB Development Board #2 Report (133 pages, code listings): PDF (~825KB)
• EZ-USB FX Reference Design and Footprint Library: ZIP (~417KB)
• EEF S05 Mini - Embedded Systems PCBs Presentation (BIG FILE): PPT (~14.5MB)

Independent Study Pictures

• Independent Study Overview and Projects: PDF (~312KB)

USB

• USB Design By Example (John Hyde)
• USB Complete (Jan Axelson)
• Universal Serial Bus System Architecture 2nd Edition (Mindshare)
• Programming the Microsoft Windows Driver Model 2nd Edition (Walter Oney)
• USB Implementor's Forum (www.usb.org)
• USB Specifications & Tools
• Cypress (EZ-USB)
• National USB Home Page
• Philips Semiconductors USB Home Page
• USB Developer Home Page (www.usbdeveloper.com)
• Microchip USB
• Linux USB Home Page (www.linux-usb.org) . Good USB Links
• CATC . USB Chief Protocol Analyzer . Product Support
• USBMan (www.usbman.com) . Developer Information
• Everything USB (www.everythingusb.com)
• Microsoft USB Technology
• Articles, Papers & App Notes:
  • Embedded Systems Programming (Jan 2003) Linux-based USB Devices
  • National
  • Cypress

PCB DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING

• Advanced Circuits (www.4pcb.com) . Engineering Student Discount
• Sierra Proto Express (www.sierraprotoexpress.com) (inexpensive 4-layer and 2-layer protos)
• AP Circuits (www.apcircuits.com)
• Printed Circuit Design and Manufacture Magazine (www.pcdandm.com)
• Printed Circuit Design Magazine (www.pcdmag.com)
• PC FAB Magazine (www.pcfab.com/mag)
• Circuits Assembly Magazine (www.circuitsassembly.com, www.cassembly.com)
• PCB Design Conference West (www.pcbwest.com)
• PCBexpress (www.pcbexpress.com) . Technical Info and Definitions . PCB Design Tips
• PCBpro (www.pcbpro.com)
• ExpressPCB (www.expresspcb.com) . PCB Design Tips
• Imagineering Inc (www.pcbnet.com) ($25 2-layers 3x60in^2, $49 4-layers 2x60in^2)
• PCB Articles (www.speedingedge.com)
• Overnite Protos (www.pcborder.com)
• Accutrace Inc. (www.pcb4u.com)
• PCB123 (www.pcb123.com)
• FABPCBEXPRESS (www.fabpcbexpress.com)
• e-FABPCB (www.e-fabpcb.com)
• Design Flow (Coretec Denver, SAS Circuits)
• Gerber, RS274D/X, Photoplotters . Application Notes
• Mentor Graphics (www.mentor.com)
• Cadence (Orcad, www.cadence.com)
• Eagle Layout Software (CadSoft)
• Links
• Primers
• Glossary of Printed Circuit Design and Manufacturing
• Another Printed Circuit Glossary
• PCB Design Information (www.pcb-designer.com)
• Impedance Calculators:
  • Polar Instruments . Downloads (SI6000 Field Solver) . App Notes (Controlled Impedance PCBs)
  • UltraCAD PCB Design Tools (Impedance, etc.) . PCB Design Articles (from Printed Circuit Design Magazine)
  • MDS (HP/Agilent)

FPGA / CPLD / VERILOG / VHDL

• Xilinx . Xilinx University Resource Center
• Cypress
• Atmel
• Altera
• QuickLogic
• Lattice
• Verilog/VHDL Tuturials & Design Tools (www.aldec.com)
• VHDL Tutorial
• Synplicity Tools (University Program)

SIGNAL INTEGRITY

• Hi-Speed Digital Design (Howard Johnson) . Good Links
• Hi-Speed Digital Design (Eric Bogatin)
• Polar Instruments . Downloads (SI6000 Field Solver) . App Notes (Controlled Impedance PCBs)
• UltraCAD PCB Design Tools (Impedance, etc.) . PCB Design Articles (from Printed Circuit Design Magazine)
• Agilent (Many app notes, including USB 2.0)
• Wavecrest (App notes)
• Tektronix . App Notes
• Articles & App Notes:
  • EDN: Printed Circuit Design: Roasting the Myths of Signal Integrity (Jan 2003)
  • EDN: As Edge Speeds Increase, Wires Become Transmission Lines (October 14, 1999): PDF (~192KB)
• Spice (free demo versions): Micro-Cap from Spectro-Soft . ICAP/4 8.x.11 from Intusoft . 5Spice . TopSPICE from Penzar

PARTS/SAMPLES/EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS AND UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS

• Microchip University Corner . Microchip Samples
• Cypress University Program
• Fairchild Samples
• Agilent Educator's Corner
• Tektronix Test & Measurement Fundamentals (Educator's Corner)
• Altera University Program
• Atmel Samples
• National Samples
• Xilinx University Program . Xilinx University Resource Center
• Aldec University Program
• Synplicity University Program
• Maxim Samples (www.maxim-ic.com)

APPLICATION NOTES AND DOCUMENTATION

• Microchip App Notes
• Fairchild App Notes and Data Sheets
• National App Notes and Data Sheets
• Cypress
• Lots of Tutorials
• Motorola Application Notes (e-www.motorola.com)