EECE416 Microcomputer Fundamentals

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Howard University

The class acknowledges the generous gift made by Infineon with CY8CKIT-059 prototype kits for the students.

Week	Lectures/Activities	Assignment	Due	Resources
Wk1	Class Kick-Off
Wk2	Chapter 1 - ARM Introduction and Numbering System Review
Wk3	Chapter 2 - ARM fundamentals and Instruction	Assignment1	(F) Sept 15 5:00pm	Link to Web-based ARM Assembly Emulator (CPUlator) Link to one of the best tutorials of ARM Assembly with CPUlator (Youtube) Link to a good tutorial on ARM Assembly in CPUlator (Webpage)
Wk4	Continuation of Chapter 2
Wk5	Continuation of Chapter 2 Chapter 3 - Arithmetic and Logic Instructions	Assignment2	(F)Sept 29 5:00pm
Wk6	Chapter 3 - continued
Wk7	Chapter4 - Branch, Call, and Looping in ARM	Assignment3	(F) Oct 13 5:00pm
Wk8	Chapter 4 - continued
Wk9 - Oct 20	EXAM 1 (for chapters 1 - 4): (F) Oct 20 In-person in-class paper/pen exam.
Wk10 - Oct 27	Chapter 5 - Signed Integer Number Arithmetic Chapter 6 - ARM Memory Map, Memory Access, and Stack Chapter 7 - Floating Point Arithmetic
Wk11- Nov 3	Chapter 8 - Assembly I/O with DE1-SoC in CPUlator - 1	Assignment 4	(F) Nov 17 5:00pm
wk12 - Nov 10	School Holiday
Wk13 - Nov 17	Chapter 8- Continued	Assignment 5	(F) Dec 1 5:00pm
Wk14 - Nov 24	Thanksgiving Holiday
Wk15 - Dec 1	Chapter 8 - Continued
Wk16	EXAM 2 - (W) Dec 6 1:00 - 3:00pm Project - Due (M) Dec 11 5:00pm

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