reading assignments covered: Chapters 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 (9.1-9.2 only)
(see the syllabus for section details)
- microcontrollers and the PIC
- μP and μC architecture and terminology
- bus
- CPU, ALU
- RAM, ROM, EPROM, EEPROM
- PicBasic Pro
- For…Next, Gosub…Return, Goto, High, If…Then…Else, Input, Low, Output, Pause, Pot, While…Wend
- PORTA, PORTB, TRISA, TRISB
- variable types (BIT, BYTE, WORD)
- binary (%), hex ($)
- bit access (register.bit)
- integer arithmetic, truncation, overflow
- design procedure
- flowcharts
- interfacing
- switches and buttons
- LEDs and displays
- transistors
- open-collector or open-drain output (e.g., with a comparator or pin RA4 on PIC16F84)
- μP and μC architecture and terminology
- system response
- frequency response
- amplitude ratio
- phase angle
- cutoff frequency
- bandwidth
- attenuation
- Fourier series, spectrum
- period
- fundamental frequency
- harmonics
- measurement system characteristics
- amplitude linearity
- adequate bandwidth
- phase linearity, time displacement
- 0th, 1st, and 2nd order systems
- sensitivity
- time constant
- RC circuit, low-pass filter
- natural frequency
- damping ratio, underdamped, critically damped, overdamped
- resonance
- frequency response
- modeling analogies
- flow, effort, resistance, capacitance, inertia
- relating (deriving) analogous physical parameters
- creating analogies between mechanical and electrical systems
- operational amplifier
- terminology (inverting input, noninverting input, feedback, etc.)
- assumptions
- circuit analysis
- applications
- inverting amp
- noninverting amp
- integrator
- follower
- characteristics of real op amps
- frequency response
- fall-off frequency
- maximum output voltage
- maximum output current
- data acquisition
- Shannon’s Sampling Theorem
- aliasing
- A/D conversion
- resolution
- quantization size
- flash converter
- D/A conversion
- position measurement
- switches
- pole, throw, NO, NC
- potentiometer
- LVDT
- demodulation
- filtering
- digital encoders
- absolute vs. relative
- gray vs. binary
- quadrature decoding
- switches
- miscellaneous
- difficulties from Exam I
- reading assignments
- homework assignments
- Lab exercises