Lecture are posted for only about one week, then removed.
Lectures 1-14 (lectures through July 2) have been removed.
Lecture Notes
Date Lecture Update
Schedule 12 July
-- Lab Quiz: Canvas, Honorlock, Zoom
  • Lab 0 Quis is 15 minutes. Lab 4 Quiz is 60 minutes. All of the others are 55 minutes.
  • None
    -- Our first lecture quiz is Tues, 9 June (at 9:30am, i.e., at the START of class).
  • Lecture Quiz Info
  • Rules and Policies - Lecture Quiz
  • None
    7 July Lecture 15a: A-to-D, D-to-A
    Lecture 15b: A-to-D, D-to-A
  • Analog-to-Digital Conversion (ADC) VIDEO PDF
  • Lecture Quiz - ADC & Events , Tues, 7 July, during class, based on above video AND READ the section of doc8331 on the Event System.
  • In class ADC Lecture - Part 1 (15a) VIDEO
  • In class ADC - Lecture Part 2 (15b), Lab 7 discussion, and ADC Example VIDEO
  • None
    7 July Lecture 16: Event System
  • Event System VIDEO
  • None
    9 July Lecture 00: Lookup Table
  • Lookup Table VIDEO
  • None
    16 July Lecture 00: Clock
  • XMEGA Clock System VIDEO
  • HW 4: System Clock Configuration
  • clock.s.txt - Rename the file to clock.s (from clock.s.txt)
  • None
    16 July Lecture 17: D-to-A
  • Digital-to-Analog Conversion (DAC) VIDEO PDF
  • XMEGA's DAC VIDEO PDF
  • Direct Memory Access (DMA) Theory VIDEO
  • Lecture Quiz - DAC & DMA , Thur, 16 July, start of class, based on above videos.
  • Lecture: DAC Examples and Lab 8 Discussion VIDEO
  • None
    16 July Lecture: Direct Memory Access
  • Direct Memory Access (DMA) VIDEO
  • DMA Example VIDEO
  • None
    21 July External DAC and ADC ICs:
  • TI spec sheet for 16-bit, 1-channel, 8-pin DAC, with input from SPI DAC8551
  • TI spec sheet for 16-bit, 2-channel, 32-pin DAC, with parallel input DAC7642
  • TI spec sheet for 24-bit, 18-pin, 4-channel [Sigma-Delta] ADC with SPI output ADS1211P
  • TI spec sheet for 16-bit, 36-pin, 1-channel [Successive Approx] ADC with parallel output ADS8411
  • Lecture: DAC (& External ADCs and DACs) VIDEO (~24hr after class)
  • None
    21 July Practical 2 Info ( (Wed, 29 July, 3:30pm to ~6:30pm )
  • Rules and Policies - Practical Quiz
  • None
    21 July Lecture 00: Multitasking None
    21 July Microprocessor Applications 2
  • Fall 2025 syllabus
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