PES = Programming Embedded Systems
| Class # | Date | Topic | Reading | Assignment | Due | |
| 1 | Tue, Jan 17 | Class Introduction | Syllabus | |||
| 2 | Thu, Jan 19 | Circuits Review: Ohms/Kirchoff's Laws; Resistors; Capacitors | PES 1.1-1.2 Electricity (review chapter 1) Voltage Divider | |||
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| 3 | Tue, Jan 24 | Diodes and Analog Comparators Introduction to Microprocessors | Diode Introduction (stop reading before the diode equation) Diode Details (read Light Emitting Diodes) PES 1.3-1.5 | |||
| 4 | Thu, Jan 26 | Binary/Hexadecimal Representations Bit-Level Operators Digital I/O | PES 2 | Catme Survey | ||
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| 5 | Tue, Jan 31 | Finite State Machines I | PES 3.1-3.3 | Install Arduino/Teensy Tools | ||
| 6 | Thu, Feb 2 | Project 0: Introduction to Teensy Programming | Breadboards Handling components Teensy HOWTO | Project 0 | ||
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| 7 | Tue, Feb 7 | Finite State Machines II | PES 3.5-3.6, 4.1-4.4 | |||
| 8 | Thu, Feb 9 | Project 1: Addressing Multiple Digital Lines Digital to Analog Conversion | PES 6.1-6.5, 12.1-12.3 Solving resistive circuits (focus on the Node Method) | Project 1 | Project 0 | |
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| 9 | Tue, Feb 14 | Analog to Digital Conversion | PES 7.3, 12.4-12.7 | |||
| 10 | Thu, Feb 16 | Project 2: Analog Signal Processing and Sensor Models Serial Communication | Serial Communication ASCII Table PES 7.2 | Project 2 | Project 1 | |
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| 11 | Tue, Feb 21 | Serial Communication II | n/a | |||
| 12 | Thu, Feb 23 | Project 3: Lateral Velocity Sensing Pulse-Width Modulation DC Motor Control and H-Bridges | PES 7.1 | Project 3 | Project 2 | |
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| 13 | Tue, Feb 28 | Two's Complement Fixed-Point Representations | Negative Numbers PES 9.2 | |||
| 14 | Thu, Mar 2 | Project 4: Pulse-Width Modulation and Motor Driver Control | TBA | Project 4 | Project 3 | |
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| 15 | Tue, Mar 7 | Exam Preparation Control I | PES 11.1-11.3 | |||
| 16 | Thu, Mar 9 | Midterm | n/a | |||
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| - | Tue, Mar 14 | Holiday | n/a | |||
| - | Thu, Mar 16 | Holiday | n/a | |||
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| 17 | Tue, Mar 21 | Control II | PES 11.4-11.5 | |||
| 18 | Thu, Mar 23 | Project 5: Rate Gyroscopes and Damping Control Timing in the Teensies | PES 4.5, 11.5 TBA | Project 5 | Project 4 | |
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| 19 | Tue, Mar 28 | Microprocessors and Memory | Memory Concepts Read-only Memory Microprocessors Microprocessor Programming | |||
| 20 | Thu, Mar 30 | Project 6: Heading Sensing and Orientation Control Interrupt Handling | TBA | Project 6 | Project 5 | |
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| 21 | Tue, Apr 4 | Multiple tasks | PES 5 | |||
| 22 | Thu, Apr 6 | Project 7: Proportional-Derivative Control and Tuning Task Scheduling | PES 8 | Project 7 | Project 6 | |
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| 23 | Tue, Apr 11 | System Safety and Watchdog Timers | TBA | |||
| 24 | Thu, Apr 13 | Project 8: Lateral Velocity Control TBA | n/a | Project 8 | Project 7 | |
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| 25 | Tue, Apr 18 | Finite State Machines III | PES 3.4, 3.7-3.9, 4.6-4.7 | |||
| 26 | Thu, Apr 20 | Project 9: Finite State Machine Control I | n/a | Project 9 | Project 8 | |
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| 27 | Tue, Apr 25 | Sensor Control: Sonar Example | Devantech Sonar Specification | |||
| 28 | Thu, Apr 27 | Project 10: Finite State Machine Control II | n/a | Project 10 | Project 9 | |
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| 29 | Tue, May 2 | Final Exam Review Project Work | n/a | |||
| 30 | Thu, May 4 | Final Project Demos | n/a | Project 10 | ||
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| 31 | Thu, May 11 | Final Exam: 8-10am |
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