Official Course Description:   MCCCD Approval:  11/23/99
CSC225AB     20002-20016	LEC LAB	3 Credit(s) 1 Credit(s)	3 Period(s) 3 Period(s)
Assembly Language Programming on Motorola 68000-Family Microprocessors
Assembly language programming including input/output programming and exception/interrupt handling. Register-level computer organization, I/O interfaces, assemblers, and linkers. Programming the Motorola 68000 family of processors and embedded microprocessors. Prerequisites: [(CSC100 or CSC110 or CSC200) and CSC/EEE120] or permission of instructor.
Cross-References:   EEE225AB

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
CSC225AB   20002-20016	Assembly Language Programming on Motorola 68000-Family Microprocessors

1.	Use all registers in assembly language programs. (I)
2.	Determine appropriate registers to use with specific assembly language commands. (I)
3.	Describe basic computer organization, including memory layout, and data storage. (I)
4.	Use addressing modes to move information and perform computations. (II)
5.	Manipulate data to perform computations. (III)
6.	Use conditional and unconditional branches to create loop, if- then, and case branching structures. (IV)
7.	Write and call procedures with parameter passing. (V)
8.	Use input/output interrupts to control a hardware device (VI, IX)
9.	Describe the input of keyboard data and handling of graphic displays (VIII)
10.	Use circuit schematic diagrams to make hardware connections, and use an oscilloscope to check frequencies. (VII)
11.	Draw a schematic diagram and use an oscilloscope to connect analog devices to a microcomputer port. (X)
12.	Write programs to test hardware operation. (X, IX)
13.	Describe serial data transmission methods and standards. (XI)

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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
CSC225AB   20002-20016	Assembly Language Programming on Motorola 68000-Family Microprocessors

I. Computer and program organization A. Memory sizes and layout B. Data elements and size 1. string storage 2. systems of representing numbers i. conversions between bases ii. different sizes C. Register set organization D. Instructions 1. execution cycle 2. coding 3. macros 4. pseudo-operations E. Segment Layout and Handling 1. code 2. data 3. stack II. Addressing modes A. Direct, absolute, and immediate modes B. Index modes and applications to records C. Register indirect, pre-decrement, and post-increment modes III. Data manipulation instructions and applications A. Data movement B. Arithmetic/logical/character C. Rotates and shifts D. Binary coded decimal (BCD) E. Setting and clearing flags and registers IV. Control-flow instructions and applications A. Unconditional branches, self-relative B. Flag-based conditional branches 1. Application to if-then-else structures 2. Application to loops C. Indexed jumps, indirect branches, case branching D. Absolute vs. local labels E. Loops V. Procedure calls and parameter passing A. Call, return B. Register, stack, and in-line parameter blocks C. Pointers, indirection D. External procedures, linking 1. External assembly routines 2. High level language VI. Introductory input/output A. Introductory device control B. Interrupt handling VII. Hardware trainers A. Introduction B. Instructions C. System connections and timing VIII. Keyboard and display interfacing IX. Interrupts and interrupt applications X. Digital and analog device interfacing XI. Serial data communication

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