George Mason University

ECE 447 - Single-Chip Microcomputers

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Designing with single-chip microcomputers and microcomputer interfacing. Topics include the role of microcomputers as compared with microprocessors and other computers, microcomputer architecture and organization, real-time control issues, assembly language programming for control, design of control software, input/output methods, design tools, and available single-chip microcomputers. Students select a project and design and construct a system including a single-chip microcomputer and the ancillary hardware to implement a control system.

Semester:	Fall 2001
Credits:	3
Grade:	A
Lecture
Time:	MW 5:55-7:10 pm
Room:	R B103
Instructor:	Dr. Kris M. Gaj
Book:	Microcontroller Technology: The 68HC11 by Peter Spasov
Lab
Time:	M 7:20-10:00 pm
Room:	ST2 203
Instructor:	Kevin Lilly
Project:	A Home Weather Station