COSC361-09S1 (C) Semester One 2009

Microprocessor Systems 1

14 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 23 February 2009
End Date: Sunday, 28 June 2009
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 8 March 2009
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 24 May 2009

Description

An introduction to the architecture, operation and application of microprocessor systems.

This course is taught by the Electrical and Computer Engineering department, on behalf of Computer Science. The course can be used as part of the 12 points in Computer Science required for a major.

The topics covered in this course include: Combinational and sequential logic, embedded processors and memory systems, microprocessor peripherals and interfacing, program development using interrupt and polling techniques, writing software for embedded systems using assembly language. Extensive examples of the design and application of microprocessors will be provided. See the course outline for more information.

Prerequisites

(1) 36 points from Mathematics, Statistics, or
Engineering Mathematics. MATH115/STAT111/STAT131/STAT112 are strongly recommended. MATH101 is not acceptable; (2) 44 points of 200-level Computer Science including COSC221 and COSC208, or
ENEL206 RP: COSC110

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Recommended Preparation

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Steve Weddell

Lab Coordinator

Ciaran Moore

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
1: Digital Logic Lab Work 18 Mar 2009 5%
2: Digital Logic Project (Individual) Report 25 Mar 2009 15%
3: MCU Project (Individual) Inspection 27 May 2009 15%
4: MCU Project (Group) Report 29 May 2009 15%
Final exam 50%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Brown, Stephen D. , Vranesic, Zvonko G; Fundamentals of digital logic with VHDL design ; 2nd ed; McGraw-Hill Companies, 2005.

Morton, Todd D; Embedded microcontrollers ; Prentice Hall, 2001.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $556.00

International fee $2,427.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Computer Science and Software Engineering .

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