1. ECE 447: Course Organization Course designed by: Professor Kenneth J. Hintz Instructor:Jason M Bales, S&T II, Room 235 jason.bales@gmail.com (703)682-9601 (wk) Office hours:T, R by appointment only Lab assistants: Thuy-Tien Nguyen (T) tngus@gmu.edu Mark Chaney (R) mchaney@gmu.edu Webpage: http://mason.gmu.edu/~jbales/ECE447F07/index.html

2. ECE 447: Course Prerequisites Required: 1.Knowledge of computer programming in C or C++, e.g., CS 112/211, with a grade of C or better 2.Knowledge of digital system design and computer organization, e.g., ECE 331/332/445, with a grade of C or better Recommended: Programming in assembly language (not required!!)

3. ECE 447: Digital System & Computers Course Outline ECE 331 ECE 332 ECE 280  C ECE 445  C ECE 442 ECE 447  C ECE 449 PHYS 261PHYS 262 or

4. ECE 447: Course Grading Labs40% Midterm115% Midterm215% Final25% Quizzes5%

5. ECE 447: Course Materials Weekly Lecture Materials PowerPoint presentations, posted on the web - please print BEFORE each class. Supplemental lecture material will be presented on the whiteboard Required Texts: –Spasov, Microcontroller Technology –Kernighan & Ritchie, The C Language Supplementary Materials: –articles –manuals –catalogs –web sites - e.g., on-line catalogs, examples

6. ECE 447: Course Syllabus Available on the course webpage

7. ECE 447: Exams and Quizzes Midterm Exams: Programming problems Short answer Quizzes: ~5 minutes 1 or 2 questions on current material Closed books & notes

8. ECE 447: Motorola 68HC11 Prototyping Board from New Micros, Inc. –MC68HC11 Single-chip Microcomputer –MC68HC24 Port Replacement Unit –64 kbytes Address Space –Serial I/O –Miscellaneous Parallel I/O –Built-in 8 bit A to D –Timers Serial Communication Cable 5V Plug-in Power Supply

9. ECE 447: THRSim11 Software Development Environment THRSim11 v5.22c, by Harry Broeders –Includes gnu based C cross-compiler, cross- assembler, simulator, and debugger for Windows PCs. –Available for student use in FPGA lab, S&T II, room 203. –Available for student download for free. –Licensed by GMU for academic use only –License and download instruction available on the ECE 447 WebCT page (up soon).

10. ECE 447: Hardware Labratory Several structured lab lectures and lab assignments during the semester. Taught by Lab Instructor, in S&T II, Room 203, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 7:20 to 10:00pm. Development and grading of lab assignments.

11. ECE 447: Challenging and Rewarding Breadth of knowledge –Software (C, assembly language, interrupts, polling, driver dev) –Hardware (microprocessor, peripheral devices, address decoding, parallel I/O, serial communication, A to D) –Interfacing Hardware and Software together Practical Skills –Understanding component specifications –Laying out & mounting components –Debugging Hardware and Software Time Management