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Microcontroller & Embedded system (EC-604 (A)) - Official Syllabus

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Unit 1

8051 Interfacing, Applications and serial communication

  • 8051 interfacing to ADC and DAC, Stepper motor interfacing
  • Timer/ counter functions, 8051 based data acquisition system
  • 8051 connections to RS-232, 8051 Serial communication , Serial communication modes
  • Serial communication programming, Serial port programming in C
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Unit 2

Microcontroller 8096 Introduction to 16-bit Microcontroller

  • Introduction to 16-bit Microcontroller, functional block-diagram, memory status
  • complete 8096 instruction set, classification of instruction set, addressing modes
  • programming examples using 8096, hardware features of 8096,parallel ports, control &status Registers
  • Introduction to 16/32 bit PIC microcontrollers and DSPIC
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Unit 3

Introduction to Embedded Systems

  • Definition of embedded system, embedded systems vs. general computing systems, history of embedded systems, classification, major application areas, purpose of embedded systems
  • characteristics and quality attributes of embedded systems, common design metrics
  • processor technology: general purpose processor, application specific processor, single purpose processor
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Unit 4

Embedded System Architecture

  • Von Neumann v/s Harvard architecture, instruction set architecture
  • CISC and RISC instructions set architecture, basic embedded processor, microcontroller architecture
  • CISC & RISC examples: 8051, ARM, DSP processors
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Unit 5

Input Output and Peripheral Devices

  • Timers and counters, watchdog timers, interrupt controllers
  • PWM, keyboard controller
  • analog to digital converters, real time clock

Reference Books

  • The 8051 Microcontroller and Embedded Systems — Muhammad Ali Mazidi, Janice Gillespie Mazidi — Pearson education
  • The 8051 Microcontroller Architecture — Kenneth J. Ayala — CENGAGE Learning
  • 8051 Microcontroller: Hardware, Software & Applications — V. Udayashankara, M.S. Mallikarjunaswamy — Tata McGraw - Hill
  • The 8051 Microcontroller and Embedded Systems - using assembly and C — McKinlay — PHI / Pearson
  • Designing embedded system with PIC microcontrollers Principles and applications — Tim Wilmshurst
  • Introduction to Embedded System — Shibu K V — TMH
  • An Embedded Software Primer — David E Simon — Pearson education Asia
  • Embedded Systems — Steven F. Barett, Daniel J. Pack — Pearson education
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