Dr. Iyad Jafar

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 Embedded Systems CPE 333

• Dr. Iyad Jafar

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Instructor Information

• Dr. Iyad F. Jafar
• Office Room 002 Computer Engineering
• Office Hours
• Sunday Tuesday 1000 1100 AM
• Monday Wednesday 930 1030 AM
• Email iyad.jafar_at_ju.edu.jo
• Website fetweb.ju.edu.jo/staff/cpe/jafar

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Class Information

• Embedded Systems CPE333
• Location Civil 002
• Time 300 400 PM

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Course Objectives

• 1. To understand the main concepts of embedded
  systems.
• 2. To learn about the structure of
  microcontrollers.
• 3. To be able to program microcontrollers
• 4. To be able to design simple to medium
  complexity embedded systems.
• 5. To link together various concepts from
  circuits, electronics and computer engineering in
  a practical manner.

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Textbook References

• Designing Embedded Systems with PIC
  Microcontrollers (principles and applications),
  1st Ed. By Tim Wilmshurst, Newnes, 2007
• Textbook website
• http//www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.c
  ws_home/708502/descriptiontoc
• References
• The PIC Microcontroller Book from web site.
• MicroChip web site www.microchip.com .
• The PIClist internet site (search for it on the
  Internet).
• Technical data sheets from the Microchip website

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Course Outline

• Introduction.
• Embedded Systems. (Chap. 1, sec. 1-6)
• Towards the Minimum System. (Chap. 2, sec.1-8)
• Starting to program (Chap. 4, sec. 1-4, 10,
  Chap. 5, sec. 2-6)
• Working with time interrupts, counters and
  timers (Chap. 6)
• Parallel ports, power supply and the clock
  oscillator (Chap. 3, sec. 1-6)
• Serial Communications. (Chap. 10, sec. 9, 10)
• Data Acquisition. (Chap. 11, sec. 1-3)
• The Human and Physical Interfaces (Chap. 8, sec.
  1-9)
• Capture and compare, PWM principles (Chap. 9,
  sec. 1-8,11)
• Introduction to the PIC 18 series (Chap. 12, sec.
  1-7)

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Grading

• Midterm Exam 30
• Quizzes (four) 20
• Final Exam 50

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Web Resources

• Course
• http//fetweb.ju.edu.jo/staff/cpe/jafar
• CPE Department http//www.ju.edu.jo/faculties/Fac
  ultyofEngineering/Computer/Pages/overview.aspx
• Text bookhttp//www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookde
  scription.cws_home/708502/description

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Policies

• Attendance is mandatory. You will be banned from
  the final exam if you miss 8 classes or more.
• You are responsible for any material mentioned in
  class whether from the textbook or not.
• This material involves a lot of details
  therefore, make sure to study it day by day.
• It is very highly recommended that you take the
  lab with the course.
• Make sure to refer regularly to the data sheets.

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Policies

• There will be four informal quizzes.
• Expect a quiz almost every three weeks
• Exams and quizzes are closed notes and books
• Focus in the exams and quizzes will be on
  conceptual understanding and problem solving
• There are no make ups for the exams and quizzes.
  So dont be absent and dont ask !
• Course material is not entirely from the
  textbook.