| Instructor: | Dr. Nelson L. Passos |
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| Office: | Bolin Science Hall 126B |
| Office phone: | 397-4129 |
| E-mail: | nelson.passos@mwsu.edu |
| Office Hours: | MW 2:00 - 3:00 pm |
| MTWR 9:00 - 11:00 am | |
| Class Hours | MW 5:30 - 6:50 pm BO 100 |
Course Description: Study of topics related to modern microprocessors, including microprocessor design, interfaces, device drivers, interrupt system and performance parameters. Also discussed in this class are the use of hardware description languages on the design of hardware components, and the 80X86 Assembler language instructions used to access interrupt mechanisms.
Text book: None required.
Reference books: Introduction to Digital Systems, by M. Ercegovac, T. Lang, J. H. Moreno (includes software).
Computer organization and Assembler language programming, by M. Thorne or IBM PC Assembly Language and Programming, by Peter Abel.
Web page: Downloadable software
Lecture Notes:
Agenda:
August September October November December Grading
| Aug 26- | A first look at microprocessor |
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| Aug 28- | Binary numbers and data representation - a review |
| Sep 2- | Labor Day |
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| Sep 4- | 80X86 Architecture/registers languages |
| Sep 9- | Addressing modes |
| Sep 11- | General instructions |
| Sep 16- | Interrupts |
| Sep 18- | Interrupt hooks |
| Assignment # 1 | |
| Sep 23- | Device drivers |
| Sep 25- | Device drivers |
| Assignment # 2 | |
| Sep 30- | DOS overview |
| Oct 2- | DOS/Windows overview |
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| Assignment # 3 | |
| Oct 7- | Windows overview |
| Oct 9- | Boolean algebra/circuit gates (AND, OR, NOT, NAND, NOR) |
| Oct 14- | Introduction to VHDL |
| Oct 16- | Test # 1 |
| Oct 21- | Sum of products/product of sums - simplifications |
| Oct 23- | Flip-flop design, clock |
| Oct 28- | Shift register/ binary counter |
| Oct 30- | State diagrams/ tables |
| Project assignment | |
| Assignment # 4 |
| Nov 4- | Design of sequential machines |
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| Nov 6- | Design of an ALU |
| Assignment # 5 | |
| Nov 11- | Design of an ALU |
| Nov 13- | Memory |
| Nov 18- | BUS |
| Nov 20- | Control units |
| Nov 25- | Test # 2 |
| Nov 27- | Test review |
| Nov 28- | Thanksgiving Break |
| Dec 2- | Control units |
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| Dec 4- | A 4-instructions microcomputer |
| Dec 11- | Finals (4:45 pm) |
| Tests: | 20 % (each) | |
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| Final Exam: | 20 % | |
| Assignments: | 15 % | |
| Project: | 20 % | |
| Class Participation: | 5 % |
E-mail address:
nelson.passos@mwsu.edu