Embedded Programming

Full course description

This course starts by introducing the students to CPU architectures (circuits, adders, multipliers, floating-point units, RAM) and then introduces the hardware description language VHDL. Students will get to practice design, implementation and debugging while they create a circuit that, for example, can add two numbers. Near the end of the course, when the C programming language has been introduced in parallel skill classes, the step to microcontroller programming will be made, discussing the advantages and limitations of micro-controllers and micro-processors, and allowing students to get some initial experience with limited general-purpose circuits