ELEC 3050 Computer System Design Lab

ELEC 3040 - Electrical System Design Lab

ELEC 3050 - Embedded System Design Lab

Laboratory Manual & Calendar

Spring 2013

Instructions: Before your lab section meets, read and study the overview document for the upcoming experiment. Prepare initial hardware designs and software in your lab notebooks.

COURSE SYLLABUS

Monday Session: Overview of that week’s lab (3:00 – 3:50, Broun 125)

Lab Sessions: Perform lab experiments in Broun 320

ELEC 3040_001, 3050_001: Thursday, 3:30-5:20

ELEC 3040_002, 3050_002: Thursday, 12:30-2:20

ELEC 3040_003, 3050_003: Tuesday, 3:30-5:20

ELEC 3040_004, 3050_004: Wednesday, 3:00-4:50

ELEC 3040_005, 3050_005: Tuesday, 12:30-2:20

Useful Reference Documents:

· FreeScale CodeWarrior Download Page – We use “Special Edition” for HCS12(X)

· NEW: Tutorial: C Programming for Embedded Systems (work in progress)

· NEW: C Data Types in CodeWarrior and Potential Type-Related Problem

· Digilent EEBOARD data and Waveforms download page

· MC9S12C32 Data Sheet (Microcontroller pins, peripheral functions, etc.)

· CPU12 Reference Manual (Common CPU12 instruction set, etc.)

· DragonFly DIP-40 Schematic

· Prof. Nelson’s ELEC 2220 Slides and Related Material

· Simulated IO_LED & Pushbutton Components

· Old CodeWarrior debug components:

Unzip in C:\Program Files\Freescale\CodeWarrior for S12(X) V5.0\Prog

· MATLAB instructional videos by Prof. Reeves

· Reading capacitor values

Week	Title	Documents Available (All in PDF format)	Lab Meetings
1	Software development and debugging with CodeWarrior and the MC9S12C32 microcontroller	Lab 1 Overview Sample bad/good memos (from Monday class) Lab grading rubrics (used by the GTAs)	Lab Overview 1/14 Lab Sessions 1/15-17 1/18: Memos from each student
2	Designing and debugging C programs; digital inputs/outputs	Lab 2 Overview ELEC 2220 Presentation on Parallel I/O	No Lab Overview 1/21 – MLK Day Holiday Lab Sessions 1/22-24 Notebooks collected
3	System debug tools: oscilloscope and logic analyzer	Lab 3 Overview	Lab Overview 1/28 Lab Sessions 1/29-31 2/1 Memo – Student A
4	Interrupt service routines in C	Lab 4 Overview isr_vectors.c file ELEC 2220 Presentation on HCS12 Interrupts	Lab Overview 2/4 Lab 2/5-7 Notebooks collected
5	Keypad interfacing and control	Lab 5 Overview Lab 5 Monday Presentation CMOS 4082B dual 4-input AND gates	Lab Overview 2/11 Lab Sessions 2/12-14 2/15: Memo – Student B
6	Real-time operation with a programmable interval timer and interrupts	Lab 6 Overview Lab 6 Monday Presentation ELEC2220 Presentation on HCS12 Timers	Lab Overview 2/18 Lab Sessions 2/19-21 Notebooks collected
7	PWM waveform generation with programmable timers	Lab 7 Overview Lab 7 Monday Presentation Guidelines for the midterm report Written report assessment rubric Experimentation rubric Design rubric Engineering communications skills presentation	Lab Overview 2/25 Lab Sessions 2/26-28 3/1: Midterm reports due from each student
8	BJT switch to drive a DC motor	Lab 8 Overview Lab 8 Monday Presentation	Lab Overview 3/4 Lab Sessions 3/5-7 Notebooks collected
-	-	Spring Break	3/11-15
9	Motor speed sensing - tachometer frequency counting	Lab 9 Overview Lab 9 Monday Presentation	Lab Overview 3/18 Lab Sessions 3/19-21 3/22: Revised midterm reports from each student
10	Motor speed sensing - tachometer amplitude measuring	Lab 10 Overview Lab 10 Monday Presentation	Lab Overview 3/25 Lab Sessions 3/26-28 Notebooks collected
11	Motor characterization (step response) and controller design	Lab 11 Overview Lab 11 Monday Presentation Dumping CodeWarrior data to a PC file Final Project Specifications	Lab Overview 4/1 Lab Sessions 4/2-4 4/5: Memo – Student A
12	Monday meeting –Engineering Ethics Lab sessions: continue controller	· Controller design and test · Final Project Specifications · Ethics and Society Presentation Ethics grading rubric	Ethics 4/8 Lab Sessions 4/9-11 Notebooks collected
13	Monday meeting – Effective communication skills Lab sessions: continue controller	Continue controller design and test Final Project Specifications Engineering communications skills presentation Final oral presentation requirements Oral report assessment rubric	Comm. Skills 4/15 Lab Sessions 4/16-18 4/19: Memo – Student B
14	Monday meeting–course evaluation Lab sessions – presentations/demos	· Presentations & demonstrations Teamwork assessment rubric (Fill out and attach to ethics paper.) · Course feedback questions (Can be left in the envelope on the lab bulletin board)	Meeting 4/22 Presentations/Demos 4/23-25 4/26: Ethics papers and teamwork assessment forms due 3:00 p.m. Friday, April 26 (each student)