This page contains fill-in notes on Embedded Computing lectures for the course ME 477.

These notes were originally written by Dr. Joseph Garbini and Dr. Rico Picone and the master copy is available at the link. This copy may have changes from the last time I taught a course which used this material, but may also be out of date.

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00.1 Introduction to embedded computing

00.2 Embedded control of mechanical systems

00.3 Computer architectures

00.4 Numeral systems

00.5 Binary and hexadecimal arithmetic

00.6 Exploring C building a sandbox

00.exe Exercises for Chapter 00

00.L Lab Exercise Getting started

01.1 Memory

01.2 Processing

01.3 A CPU programming model

01.exe Exercises for Chapter 01

01.L Lab Exercise Introduction to myRIO C programming and high-level io drivers

02.1 A paper computer

02.2 Exploring C operators

02.3 Exploring C constants

02.4 Exploring C pointers

02.exe Exercises for Chapter 02

02.L Lab Exercise Keypad mid-level primitives

03.1 Digital communication

03.2 UARTs

03.3 Digital signals

03.4 Exploring C structures

03.exe Exercises for Chapter 03

03.L Lab Exercise Low-level character io

04.1 Pulse-width modulation

04.2 DC motor driving

04.3 Measuring motor velocity

04.4 Finite state machines

04.exe Exercises for Chapter 04

04.L Lab Exercise Finite state machine motor control

05.1 Processing threads

05.2 Interrupts

05.3 Boolean algebra on digital signals

05.4 Debouncing switches

05.exe Exercises for Chapter 05

05.L Lab Exercise Introduction to interrupts

06.1 ADC and DAC

06.2 Difference equations

06.3 Discrete transfer functions

06.4 The biquad cascade

06.exe Exercises for Chapter 06

06.L Lab Exercise Transfer function generator

07.1 DC motor velocity control

07.2 Designing a PI controller

07.exe Exercises for Chapter 07

07.L Lab Exercise DC motor PI velocity control

08.1 Path planning

08.2 Designing a PID controller

08.exe Exercises for Chapter 08

08.L Lab Exercise DC motor PID position control