
- Instructor: Bridget Bauer
- Lectures: 44
- Students: 66684
- Duration: 10 weeks
The course source provides an extensive guide to microprocessors and microcontrollers, detailing their fundamental concepts, architectures, and associated components. It begins with a general microprocessor overview, explaining its composition and operation through the fetch-decode-execute cycle, and categorises them as RISC or CISC processors. A significant portion of the text is dedicated to specific models, including the 8085 and 8086 microprocessors, outlining their functional units, pin configurations, instruction sets, and interrupt mechanisms. Furthermore, the guide covers microcontroller concepts, contrasting them with microprocessors, and addresses various peripheral interface chips like the 8279 programmable keyboard/display controller, the 8257 DMA controller, and the 8255A programmable peripheral interface, alongside the 8253/54 programmable interval timers and an overview of multiprocessor configurations.
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– Discipline and attentiveness
– Ability to conduct research
– Ability to perform tasks with speed, efficiency, and accuracy
– Analytical judgment
– Patience to interpret technical/scientific data
– A willingness to learn, roll up your sleeves and work toward your dream!
– A computer, tablet or smartphone and an internet connection
– Basic computer skills
Curriculum
- 8 Sections
- 44 Lessons
- 10 Weeks
- Introduction1
- Microprocessors and Interfacing Technologies: A Comprehensive Overview8
- 2.1Executive Summary
- 2.21. Fundamentals of Microprocessors
- 2.32. Microprocessor Architectural Classifications
- 2.43. The Intel 8085 Microprocessor (8-bit Architecture)
- 2.54. The Intel 8086 Microprocessor (16-bit Architecture)
- 2.65. Microcontrollers: The 8051 Model
- 2.76. System Expansion and Interfacing
- 2.87. Core Concepts in System Design
- Comprehensive Lecture Notes: Microprocessor and Microcontroller Architecture6
- 3.1Module 1: Foundational Principles of Microprocessor Systems
- 3.2Module 2: A Case Study in 8-bit Computing: The Intel 8085
- 3.3Module 3: The Leap to 16-bit Architecture: The Intel 8086
- 3.4Module 4: Advanced System Configurations
- 3.5Module 5: System Interfacing and Peripheral Devices
- 3.6Module 6: Integrated Systems-on-a-Chip: The Microcontroller
- 8085 vs. 8086 Microprocessor: A Technical Comparison for System Design8
- 4.11.0 Introduction: Foundational Architectures for Modern Systems
- 4.22.0 Core Architectural Comparison
- 4.33.0 Performance and Processing Power
- 4.44.0 Memory Architecture and Addressability
- 4.55.0 Input/Output (I/O) and Interrupt Handling
- 4.66.0 System Design, Scalability, and Expansion
- 4.77.0 Conclusion: Selection Criteria for System Design
- 4.8Final Assessment
- White Paper: A Strategic Guide to Microprocessor Architectures for System Design5
- 5.11.0 Introduction: Selecting the Architectural Foundation for Your Product
- 5.22.0 The Core Architectural Divide: RISC vs. CISC
- 5.33.0 Augmenting the Core: The Strategic Role of Special-Purpose Processors
- 5.44.0 A Framework for Architectural Selection
- 5.55.0 Conclusion: Matching Architecture to Application
- Understanding the Microprocessor: The Brain of Modern Electronics6
- A Beginner's Guide to 8086 Microprocessor Addressing Modes6
- Microprocessor and Microcontroller Study Guide4
Requirements
- Discipline and attentiveness
- Ability to conduct research
- Ability to perform tasks with speed, efficiency, and accuracy
- Analytical judgment
- Patience to interpret technical/scientific data
- A willingness to learn, roll up your sleeves and work toward your dream!
- A computer, tablet or smartphone and an internet connection
- Basic computer skills
Features
- Before you start proceeding with this course on Academy Europe, we are assuming that you have a good aptitude and can think logically. You should want to try something different.
Target audiences
- This course by Academy Europe aims at imparting quality education and training to students.
- Academy Europe is dedicated to its students, their specific learning requirements, and their overall learning success.
- This course is directed toward a student-centered, independent study, asynchronous learning approach.
- After completing this course on Academy Europe, students will get self improvement and promotion in their careers.
- This course is based on at least two learning skills which are provided to the users through audio & visuals, videos, verbal presentations and articles, all of which are asynchronized with distance education approach.