1. Title of subject
Microcontroller and Microprocessor Systems
2. Subject code
ECP2216
3. Credit Hour
3
4. Pre-Requisite
EEN1036 Digital Logic Design
5. Aim of Subject
To provide a practical introduction to microcontrollers and
microprocessors, assembly language programming techniques, interface
hardware design, and microcontroller and microprocessor system design
considerations.
At the completion of the subject, students should be able to:
6. Learning
Outcomes and
Program Outcomes
of Subject
Learning Outcomes:
• LO1 – Describe the fundamental features and operation of
contemporary microcontroller and microprocessor (cognitive –
Remembering, level 1)
• LO2 – Explain the pin configuration and memory organisation of a
typical 8051 microcontroller (cognitive - understanding, level 2)
• LO3 – Illustrate the 8051 microcontroller memory expansion
capability (cognitive - understanding, level 2)
• LO4 – Analyse the MCS-51 Instruction Set (cognitive - analysing,
level 4)
• LO5 – Develop assembly language source code for applications
that use I/O ports, timer and single/multiple interrupts (cognitive creating, level6)
• LO6 - Produce interfacing examples using 8051 microcontroller
(cognitive - applying, level3)
Programme Outcomes:
• PO2 - Acquire technical competence in specialised areas of
engineering discipline to solve complex engineering problems
• PO4 - Design solutions for complex engineering problems that
meet specified needs with relevant considerations of their
impacts in society
• PO5 - Conduct investigation and research on complex
engineering problems in the chosen field of study
• PO6 - Create, select and apply appropriate techniques,
resources, and modern engineering and IT tools to complex
engineering activities
7. Assessment
Scheme
Lab
Experiments
•
Work in groups of 2 or 3
based on the class size
10%
Tutorial /
Assignment
8. Details of Subject
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Group mini-project
To enhance understanding of
basic concepts in lecture
30%
Test /Quiz
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Written exam
10%
Final Exam
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Written exam
50%
Topics
Hours
Basics of Microcontroller and Microprocessor
A basic microprocessor system: the CPU, memory, I/O,
and buses subsystems, basic operation of a
microprocessor system: fetch and execute cycle,
differences
between
microcontroller
and
microprocessor, the architecture of some typical 8-bit
micro-controllers, 16-bit microprocessors and their
features.
3
The MCS-51 Microcontroller
Features of the 8051 – the core of MCS-51 family, block
diagram and definitions of the pin of the 8051, I/O port
structure, memory organisation: general purpose RAM,
bit addressable RAM, register bank, special function
registers, external memory, memory space mapping
and decoding, bus control signals timing, a typical 8051
microcontroller based system.
8
MCS-51 Instruction Set and Assembly Language
Programming
Addressing modes, the MCS-51 instruction set and
typical examples, assembly language format, assembler
directives, operation of assemblers and linkers,
programming examples.
8
On-chip Peripheral Devices and Interrupt System
I/O ports: operations and uses of I/O ports Timers: their
operations, programming, and applications, serial port:
operations and programming, typical applications.
Organisation of the interrupt system, interrupt vectors,
interrupt timings, serial port interrupts, and external
interrupts, implementation of single and multiple
interrupts.
8
9. Teaching and
Learning Activities
10. Laboratory
Interfacing Examples
Keypad, seven-segment LED display, LCD display,
ADC and DAC chips, and input / output port expansion,
description and uses of hardware development tools
5
Contemporary Microprocessors
Overview of different generations of microprocessor,
highlights of architectural and technological
advancement of IA-32 processors (80386, 80486 and
Pentium), 64-bit processors (e.g. Intel Itanium, AMD
AMD64), multi-core processors (e.g. Intel Core2Duo,
AMD X2).
4
This subject will be delivered using the following means:
• Lecture Hours = 36 hours
• Supervised Tutorial Hours = 8
• Laboratory Experiments = 6
Total Contact Hours = 50
1. Familiarization with the trainer & programming fundamentals
2. Timer and dot matrix LED display programming.
Textbook
1. Koo Voon Chet et al., “The 8051 Cookbook: A
Complete Guide to Architecture, Programming
and Interfacing”, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall,
Malaysia, 2006.
Reference
Materials
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11. Reading Material
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I. Scott MacKenzie and Raphael Phan, "The 8051
Microcontroller, 4th Edition,” Prentice-Hall Inc.,
U.S.A., 2007.
Richard H. Barnett, “The 8051 Family of
Microcontrollers”, Prentice-Hall Inc., U.S.A., 1995.
Muhammad Ali Mazidi et al., “The 8051
Microcontroller and Embedded Systems: Using
Assembly and C”, 2nd Edition, Prentice-Hall,
U.S.A., 2006.
John B. Peatman, "Design with Microcontollers",
McGraw-Hill, U.S.A., 1988.
Walter A. Triebel and Avtar Singh, “The 8088 and
8086 Microprocessors, The: Programming,
Interfacing, Software, Hardware, and
Applications”, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, US, 2003.
A K Ray, K M Bhurchandi, “Intel Microprocessors
architecture, Programming and Interfacing”,
McGraw-Hill , 2001.
Barry B. Brey, “INTEL Microprocessors
8086/8088, 80186/80188, 80286, 80386, 80486,
Pentium, Prentium ProProcessor, Pentium II, III,
4”, 7th Edition, Prentice Hall, US, 2006.
Intel’s hardware design resource center
http://developer.intel.com/design/index.htm