CEC Semester Eight 2015

Serial interface peripherals support interface standards such as I2C and SPI. This class will cover the key differences in common interface implementations by MCU makers.

This class will provide an overview of standard peripheral functions so you can better see the differences between MCU manufacturer implementations.

The word of the day is "beacon". This lecture will detail the methods required to scratch-build an Eddystone beacon. We will also scratch-build a device that will transport the beacon's data to a remote device via the cloud.

This class will concentrate on connecting "things" to iPhones using the latest version of Anywhere Software's B4i (Basic for iOS), which allows a designer to create iOS apps without a local Mac computer. We will use B4i to connect iPhones or any...

WiFi radio costs have lowered to Bluetooth Smart radio levels, enabling us to build an inexpensive WiFi "thing" in this class. We will fill our device with code that allows it to be monitored and controlled locally or via the Internet.

This class will utilize Microchip's Curiosity Development Tool, MPLAB X and the MPLAB Code Configurator to assist in the design and assembly of an RN4020-based "thing". The resultant "thing" design will be able to stand alone or operate under...

This lecture will construct our first "thing" in the weeklong course. In addition to describing the design process, the class will examine the hardware and firmware tools for scratch-building our device. We will code and outfit our "thing" to...

In this lecture we will go over the Cortex-M architecture. This includes the instruction set variations, which are many. We will also discuss power management, interrupts, memory management and related topics of the basic Cortex-M family.

Weather stations are a fun way to test embedded software skills. This session will pull together all the concepts examined over this course by interfacing light, humidity, and temperature sensors to the STM32L0 Nucelo board and creating the...

Sending data out into the Internet is great, but doing something with the data is even greater. This class will examine the Electric Imp cloud-based client software and how to develop a demonstration application using the Squirrel programming...