| Lab | Tuesday | Thursday | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | No Lab | 18 January Intro to Computers Lecture 1 Notes |
20 January GPIO on the STM32L4 Read Chapter 14 Lecture 2 Notes |
| Week 2 | Lab1: GPIO: LEDs + Joystick Lab1 Prelab Assignment Lab1 Lab Assignment Lab1 Template Code |
25 January Lab1 Topics / Bare Metal Programming Read Chapter 1 Lecture 3 Notes |
27 January Computer Architecture / LCD Lab2 Prep Read Chapter 1 Lecture 4 Notes |
| Week 3 | Lab2: LCD Display Lab2 Prelab Assignment Lab2 Lab Assignment Lab2 Template Code |
1 February Thumb-2 Assembly Language (Intro) Read Chapter 3 Lecture 5 Notes |
3 February Thumb-2 Assembly Language (ALU instructions) Read Chapters 4 and 14.9 Lecture 6 Notes |
| Week 4 | Lab3: Keypad Lab3 Prelab Assignment Lab3 Lab Assignment |
8 February Thumb-2 Assembly Language (Load/Stores) Read Chapters 4 and 5 Lecture 7 Notes |
10 February Thumb-2 Assembly Language (Branches/Control Flow) Read Chapters 5 and 6 Lecture 8 Notes |
| Week 5 | Lab4: LED in Assembly Lab1 Prelab Assignment Lab1 Lab Assignment Lab1 Template Code |
15 February Function Calls, Assembler Directives Read Chapter 3.5-3.7 Lecture 9 Notes |
17 February Debuggers, More obscure ARM instructions Read Chapter 2 Lecture 10 Notes |
| Week 6 | Catch-up Lab | 22 February Two's Complement Numbers Read Chapter 2 Lecture 11 Notes |
24 February Stepper Motors Read Chapter 16 Lecture 12 Notes |
| Week 7 | Lab5: Stepper Motor Lab5 Prelab Assignment Lab5 Lab Assignment |
1 March Subroutines, Recursive Functions Read Chapters 7 and 8 Lecture 13 Notes |
3 March Lab6 Prep / Functions in Assembly Read Chapter 7 and 8 Lecture 14 Notes Sample NZVC Problems |
| Week 8 | Lab6: Stepper in Assembly Lab6 Prelab Assignment Lab6 Lab Assignment |
8 March Midterm |
10 March Sys Timer / Interrupt Lecture 15 Notes Read Chapter 11 |
| No Lab | 15 March Spring Break |
17 March Spring Break | |
| Week 9 | Lab7: System Timer Lab7 Prelab Assignment Lab7 Lab Assignment |
22 March More Interrupts / Inline Assembly Lecture 16 Notes Read Chapter 11 |
24 March Timers Lecture 17 Notes Read Chapter 15 |
| Week 10 | Lab8: Servo/PWM Lab8 Prelab Assignment Lab8 Lab Assignment |
29 March Floating Point Lecture 18 Notes Read Chapter 12 |
31 March Input Capture / More Floating Point Lecture 19 Notes Read Chapter 15.4 |
| Week 11 | Lab9: Input Capture / Ultrasonic Sensor Lab9 Prelab Assignment Lab9 Lab Assignment |
5 April Fixed Point, Cortex-M4 FPU Lecture 20 Notes Read Chapter 12 |
7 April Analog/Digital Converter, Exam Review Lecture 21 Notes Sample FP Problem Read Chapter 20 |
| Week 12 | Lab10: ADC / Infrared Sensor Lab10 Prelab Assignment Lab10 Lab Assignment |
12 April Midterm Exam #2 |
14 April Digital/Analog Converter Lecture 23 Notes Read Chapter 21 |
| Week 13 | Lab11: DAC / Digital Music Lab11 Prelab Assignment Lab11 Lab Assignment |
19 April DMA / Computer Music Read Chapter 19 Lecture 24 Notes |
21 April Other Discovery Board Features (Part1) Lecture 25 Notes |
| Week 14 | Makeup Lab |
26 April Final Exam Review Lecture 26 Notes |
28 April Other Discovery Board Features (Part2) Lecture 27 Notes |