Maricopa Community Colleges  ELE243   19886-20022 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 03/10/87
ELE243 19886-20022 L+L 3 Credit(s) 5 Period(s)
Microprocessor Applications
Presents the microprocessor in computing and control applications. System hardware and software used to control the microprocessor system to perform input/output operations. Prerequisites: ELE241.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
ELE243   19886-20022 Microprocessor Applications
1. Discuss and analyze memory addressing and interfacing. (I)
2. Discuss and analyze basic input/output functional blocks including the UART and parallel interfacing devices. (II)
3. Analyze and discuss input/output techniques necessary for interfacing keyboards, displays, and stepper motors to a microprocessor. (II)
4. Describe microprocessor applications using digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital conversion. (II)
5. Discuss the microprocessor interrupt structure. (III)
6. Describe various digital communications standards including RS232C and IEEE-488. (IV)
7. Identify and describe direct memory access controllers. (V)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
ELE243   19886-20022 Microprocessor Applications
    I. Memory Interface
        A. Characteristics of memory devices
        B. Address decoding
        C. Static and dynamic memory systems
      II. Input/Output Interface Circuitry and Systems
          A. Simple input/output devices and device selection
          B. The peripheral interface adapter
          C. Solenoid operated devices and stepper motors
          D. Keyboards and multiplexed displays
          E. Digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital
        III. Interrupt Processed I/O
            A. Interrrupt concepts
            B. Individual microprocessor interrupt structures
            C. Simple interrupts and interrupt priority schemes
          IV. Microprocessor Based Communications
              A. The serial communications interface adapter
              B. Characteristics of USART's, UARTs and ACIAs
              C. The RS-232C interface standard and current loops
              D. Data transmission methods and modems
              E. The IEEE-488 General Purpose Instrumentation Bus
            V. Direct Memory Access
                A. Concepts of direct memory access and a comparison of DMA schemes
                B. DMA controllers and applications
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