Study Guide
Study Guide
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Curricula starting in 2022 and earlier
Savonia's new Study Guide (curriculum starting in 2023 and after) can be found here.
| Basis of Education | Competence Standards | Structure of Studies | Development of Expertise | Methods and implementation | Course Table |
Course Description
| Code | 4 EFA8120 |
| Name | Basics of Microprocessor Programming |
| Credits | 5 ects |
| Objectives | The student is able to design, implement and test simple programs for microprocessors or microcontrollers. He/she has a basic knowledge of various integrated development environments (IDE) and understands how to connect common digital and analog components to a processor. |
| Content | 1. Introduction to low level programming Device technology Integrated development environments Embedded programming fundamentals C-language: embedded features C, C++ and C# feature comparison Bitwise and register operations Macros 2. Low level programming of Atmel AVR microcontroller General purpose registers in AVR Counter and timer registers AD converter programming Serial communications, UART, SPI 3. AVR embedded designing and programming fundamental Utilization and programming of the AVR microcontroller digital I/O ports (GPIO), timers, analog I/O and serial communication Principles of debugging and testing code in simulator and in target hardware 4. Practical exercises Design, build and run programs in simulator and in target hardware Build various full working simple demo systems using microcontroller development platform and essential hardware |
| Requirements | Study module includes theory lectures and practical exercises. The grade composes of final exam (50%) and exercises (50%). |
| Grading Scale | 0 - 5 |
| Course material | Lecture material and links to various web based tutorials. AVR and Atmel Studio manuals as well as component data sheets. |
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| Contact | Kellomäki Markku |
We reserve the right to make changes to the curriculum due to the need to update the content being studied.