2021-08-30

zyBook reading was all of Chapter 1 introductory to emb systems timing some practice using RIMS emulator in the platform

Announcements

  • Microcontrollers Lab 1 is this Thursday. Bring your MSP430 and Analog Discovery 2.

  • Ensure you have purchased your kit of parts, it is used in Lab 1 this week and will be used for homework problems too.

  • due Wednesday EoD. Seems to be pretty easy, how much student time does this take?

  • No class this Friday (lab week)

Class time

If you happen to have your hardware with you (Nano): Load and run the Blink example sketch using the Arduino IDE. Make it do something else with the on-board LED.

Reading documentation is your future job

  1. so let’s start now!

The two main platforms we are using:

  • MSP430FR6989 model uC with the MSP-EXP430FR6989 LaunchPad devboard

  • STM32F303VCT6 model uC on the STM32F303 Discovery devboard

Extra uC’s are:

  • ATmega328P on a (Arduino clone) Nano board. What are the other chips on the board?

  • ATtiny85-20PU bare 8-pin DIP package part (so cute!)

Tasks

Find the 1-3 datasheets that describe the product family and the specific model of microcontroller for all models in the class kit.

  • What is the typical software platform the MFG recommends for writing, compiling, and uploading code?

  • (we will also be using PlatformIO, which is a VS Code plugin)