A design course concentrating primarily on building skills to exploit the technology of the microcontroller (MCU). Students will study the architecture of a typical microcontroller (the PIC 18F family from Microchip), basic programming, debugging, and testing techniques for assembly-language programs. As well, devices such as LCDs and matrix keypads will be interfaced to these MCUs. The course culminates in a term project designed, constructed, programmed, and tested by the student. The project serves as a vehicle in which students examine the identification of requirements for a system as well as develop project management skills.
This course, nor the Computer Engineering Technology three-year Program, is no longer offered by Niagara College
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