Lecture are posted for only about one week, then removed.
Lectures 1-16 (lectures through July 9) have been removed.
Lecture Notes
Date Lecture Update
Schedule 24 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
    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
  • None