CTEC1530 MicroComputer Design

Course Description


This course provides students with skills in low-level programming (both 16 and 32 bit assembler) and design techniques that involve interfacing electronic devices to a personal computer. The major blocks making up a microprocessor and microcomputer system are studied including I/O chips (e.g. Intel 825x family of peripheral chips). Students will study I/O interfacing, microprocessor bus operation and timing, timers, and interrupts. The course is designed to be practical and is heavily lab and project oriented. In addition to weekly labs, several larger, more encompassing projects allow students to put into practice the theory learned in class.

Prerequisites

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This course is offered as part of the 'hardware stream' of courses in the Computer Engineering Technology (3 year, co-op) Program at Niagara College.



Course Information Sheet (CIS)

    CTEC1530 (CIS)

Course Tests


Course Assignments


Course Labs


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Course Topics


Downloadable Code

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IT-10 Board Test Files Both executables and source files (Zipped, Password Protected, 33K)

TASM and Associated Files (Zipped, Password Protected, 234K)

template .asm file

USB C Sample Source for USBIO24 (Zipped)

USB Virtual Com Port Driver for USBIO24 (XP) (Zipped)

USB Virtual Com Port Driver for USBIO24 (Win98) (Zipped)

USB I/O24 Schematic (pdf)