Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Practical
Module Offerings
5301CIT-JAN-PAR
Aims
This module is intended to enhance knowledge and understanding of digital circuit design and finite state machines. It’s also intended to develop further understanding of modern microcontroller architectures and interfaces requirements to external systems. It aims to provide students with practical skills to design, analyse embedded systems with various external sensors and actuators.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Define electronic circuit operations and design.
2.
Design, analyse and implement finite state machine based digital circuits.
3.
Describe and identify suitable interfaces for modern microcontroller/embedded systems.
4.
Select appropriate hardware, software platforms and interface considering power, cost and capability requirements.
5.
Produce integrated embedded systems with external sensors and actuators.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:1. Further introduction to Boolean algebra and Karnaugh maps.
2. Design with synchronous sequential state machine.
3. Design with asynchronous sequential state machine.
4. Embedded processors and the implementation.
5. Power requirements of embedded systems and low-power designs.
6. Sensors and Sensor interface.
7. Actuators and design of drive circuits for actuators.
Additional Information:This module introduces the students to digital electronics and the application of Embedded processors in electrical circuits.
Reports are 2500 maximum word count.
Examinations are 2 hour duration.