Portada

DEGREE IN MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING

FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Microcontrollers
Míriam Laliga Cervilla
miriam.laliga@uvic.cat
2019-2020

Pere Tuset-Peiró
pere.tuset@uvic.cat1
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Overview

Applications
Communications

Distributed
computing Data analytics

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Applications to Industry

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Applications to Industry

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Hardware and software
Micro-controller
• ARM Cortex-M3 processor, 32 bits, 32 MHz
• 32 kBytes RAM, 512 kBytes FLASH
• 4x Timers, 2x SPI, 2x UART, 1x I2C, 1x ADC (12-bit)
• Security hardware acceleration: AES-218/256/SHA2
• Active: 13 mA, Sleep: 600 uA, Deep-sleep: 1.3 uA
Radio 1 (TI CC2538)
• IEEE 802.15.4-2006
• 2.4 GHz, 250 kbps, OQPSK+DSSS
• Transmit power: 7 dBm, Sensitivity: -97 dBm
• Transmit current: 24 mA, Receive current: 20 mA
Radio 2 (Atmel AT86RF215)
• IEEE 802.15.4g-2012
• Sub-GHz + 2.4GHz, M-FSK, MR-OFDM, OQPSK
• Transmit power: 14.5 dBm, Sensitivity: -123 dBm
• Transmit current: 62 mA, Receive current: 28 mA
Miscellaneous
• 4 LEDs (RGBY), 2 buttons (User, Reset)
• Sensor board (temperature, humidity, pressure, light)
• Supported by main open source projects

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Communications stack

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Energy consumption
LED blink Sensors + comunications
16mA @ 1s 40mA @ 10s

Deep sleep
10uA

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DEGREE IN MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING
FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Microcontrollers
Course overview

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Course objectives
• Study microcontrollers and its
applications, with a practical and
applied vision.
• Provide a global overview of
systems based on
microcontrollers.
• Give an in-depth overview of the
Active: 114 µA/MHz Active: 70 μA/MHz
internal structre of a
microcontroller, including the CPU Deep Sleep: 0.9 µA Deep Sleep: 1.5 μA
and its peripherals. Hibernate: 20 nA Hibernate: 0.39 μA
• Get acquainted with the tools
required to develop applications
for microcontrollers.
• Analyze, design and program
systems based on
microcontrollers.
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Microcontrollers = Chicken and egg problem

Electronics Software

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Methodology
• Assembler / C
Programming • Bare metal / RTOS

Input/Output • GPIO
• ADC/DAC
• UART
Communications • SPI
• I2C
• Timers
Peripherals • DMA
• Other
• Processor
MCU • Memory

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Work plan
Week Date Monday Thursday

1 12/09 No class Course overview

2 16/09 Introduction to microcontrollers Introduction to microcontrollers
3 23/09 Microcontroller architecture (CPU + Memory) Microcontroller architecture (Clocks + JTAG)
4 30/09 Microcontroller programming (ASM + C) Microcontroller programming (ASM + C)
5 07/10 Peripherals: GPIO Peripherals: TIMERS
6 14/10 Peripherals: ADC/DAC Lab 1
7 21/10 Communication buses: UART, SPI, I2C Lab 2
8 28/10 Advanced peripherals: FPU, DMA, LCD, CRC, AES No class
9 04/11 Operating systems Mid-term exam
10 11/11 Lab 3 Lab 4

11 18/11 Lab 5 Final project

12 25/11 Final project Final project
13 02/12 Final project No class
14 19/12 Final project Final project presentation
15 16/12 Final review Final exam

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Schedule

Begin End Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

15:00 16:00
Class
16:00 17:00
Student attention
17:00 17:30
Student attention
17:30 18:30
Class
18:30 19:30

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Evaluation
Option A
Item Ammount Weight Total Remarks

Mid-Term 1 20% 20% Minimum mark: 3

Exam
Final 1 25% 25% Minimum mark: 3
Exam
Laboratory 5 7% 35% Mandatory

Project 1 20% 20% Mandatory

Homework 2 5% 10% Not mandatory

Option B
Item Ammount Weight Total Remarks

Recovery 1 45% 45% Minimum mark: 3

exam
Laboratory 5 7% 35% Mandatory

Project 1 20% 20% Mandatory

Homework 2 5% 10% Not mandatory

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References (main)

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References (complementary)

Embedded Systems with ARM Cortex-M Microcontrollers in

Assembly Language and C
• Dr. Yifeng Zhu, E-Man Press LLC, 3rd Edition
Embedded System Fundamentals with Cortex-M based
Microcontrollers, a Practical Approach
• Dr. Alexander G. Dean, ARM Education Media, 1st Edition
ARM Systems Developer’s Guide
• Sloss, Simes & Wright, Elsevier
Embedded Microcomputer Systems: Real-Time Interfacing
• Dr. Jonathan W. Valvano, Self-published

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References (complementary)

Real-Time Interfacing to ARM Cortex-M Microcontrollers

• Dr. Jonathan Valvano, Self-published
Real-Time Operating Systems for ARM Cortex-M
Microcontrollers
• Dr. Jonathan Valvano, Self-published
Introduction to ARM Cortex-M Microcontrollers
• Dr. Jonathan Valvano, Self-published
Introduction to the MSP432 Microcontroller
• Dr. Jonathan Valvano, Self-published
Real-time interfacing to the MSP432 Microcontroller
• Dr. Jonathan Valvano, Self-published

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Development environment (hardware)
MSP432P4111 Launchpad
• MSP432P401 MCU
• ARM Cortex-M4F, 32-bits, 48 MHz
• 256 kbytes RAM, 2 Mbytes FLASH
• 2 buttons/switch, 2 LEDs
• Segmented LCD
• Precision analog temperature sensor
• XDS110-ET Debug Probe
• EnergyTrace+ Technology
• Backchannel UART through USB
• 40-pin BoosterPack connector
• External connectivity to other
BoosterPack boards

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Development environment (hardware)

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Development environment (software)

Code Composer Studio 8.1.0

• IDE based on Eclipse
• Provides compiler, debugger
and tracing facilities
• Support for Windows, Mac
and GNU/Linux
• Support for MSP43x, C2000,
TM4x and other processors
• Can be downloaded from:
http://processors.wiki.ti.com/i
ndex.php/Download_CCS

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