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Department of ECE, REC

EC17E74 ADVANCED MICROCONTROLLERS L T P C
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OBJECTIVES
• To introduce the relevance of this course to the existing technology through
demonstrations, case studies, simulations, contributions of scientist, national/international policies
with a futuristic vision along with socio-economic impact and issues
• To introduce the concept of microcontroller based system development.
• To introduce the concept of RISC and CISC microcontrollers.
• To study the architecture of PIC, R8C and MSP430 family microcontrollers

UNIT I RISC PROCESSORS 9
RISC Vs CISC, RISC properties and evolution, Advanced RISC microcontrollers, PIC18xx microcontroller
family, Architecture, Instruction set, ROM, RAM, Timer programming, Serial port programming, Interrupt
programming, ADC and DAC interfacing, CCP module and programming.

UNIT II CISC PROCESSORS 9
RL78 16 BIT Microcontroller architecture, addressing modes, on-Chip memory, ADC, interrupts, MAC unit,
Barrel shifter, internal and external clock generation, memory CRC, on chip debug function and self-
programming.

UNIT III MSP430 16 - BIT MICROCONTROLLER 9
The MSP430 Architecture, CPU Registers, Instruction Set, addressing modes, the MSP430 family viz.
MSP430x2x, MSP430x4x, MSP430x5x. Low power aspects of MSP430 : low power modes, active Vs
standby current consumption, FRAM Vs Flash for low power and reliability.

UNIT IV PROGRAMMING AND PERIPHERAL INTERFACE
USING MSP430 FAMILIES 9
Memory mapped peripherals, I/O pin multiplexing, Timers, RTC, watchdog timer, PWM control, Analog
interfacing and data acquisition, DMA, programming with above internal peripherals using optimal power
consumption. Case study: Remote control of air conditioner and home appliances.

UNIT V COMMUNICATION INTERFACE USING MSP 430
MICROCONTROLLER 9
Serial and parallel communication, synchronous and asynchronous interfaces , Implementing and
programming of : UART, I2C and SPI protocol. wireless connectivity : NFC, Zigbee, bluetooth and WiFi.
MSP430 development tools. Case study: Implementing WiFi connectivity in smart electric meter.

TOTAL= 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
• Ability to comprehend and appreciate the significance and role of this course in the present
contemporary world
• The students will be able to
• Define, formulate and analyze microcontroller based system.

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