Overview of this seminar

This introductory seminar will:
Provide an overview of this course
Introduce the 8051 microcontroller
Present the Super Loop software architecture
Describe how to use port pins
Consider how you can generate delays (and why you might need to).

Overview of this course

This course is concerned with the implementation of software (and a small amount of hardware) for embedded systems constructed using a single microcontroller.
The processors examined in detail are from the 8051 family (including both ‘Standard’ and ‘Small’ devices).

All programming is in the ‘C’ language.

By the end of the course, you will be able to:
1. Design software for single-processor embedded applications based on small, industry standard, microcontrollers;
2. Implement the above designs using a modern, high-level programming language (‘C’), and
3. Begin to understand issues of reliability and safety and how software design and programming decisions may have a positive or negative impact in this area.