CE351 Microcontrollers, f2025
Syllabus
Skyboard schematic
Skyboard layout
The ASCII table
ATMEGA2560 datasheet
Pin map
Lecture Location: 11:15 am - 12:10 pm in BH570
Dr. Li's office hours: M 10 - 11 am, W 10 - 11 am, Th 10 am – 12 pm, and Fri 9 - 11 am in BH601.

Weeks	Dates	Lectures	Notes	Homework
Week 1	8/25	Introduction to the course, 2's complement, number systems, data types, operators, ASCII, masks, shifts video, notes		HW1, due Friday 8/29
	8/27	Embedded C Programming Basics I video, notes		In-class exercise due Wednesday, 9/3 in class
	8/29	Embedded C Programming Basics II video	Quiz 1 on numbers
Week 2	9/1	Embedded C Programming Basics III Introduction to the Skyboard video
	9/3	Assemble the Skyboard		HW2: Complete the Skyboard assembly and test due Monday 9/8
	9/5	Assemble the Skyboard video
Week 3	9/8	Assemble and test the Skyboard
	9/10	Tutorial 1: Time Delay and the Morse Code video		HW3: Complete tasks in Lab 1 due Monday 9/15
	9/12	Time Delay and the Morse Code	Quiz 2 on C programming, study the in-class exercise on C programming
Week 4	9/15	Tutorial 2: Timers in ATMEGA2560		HW4: Complete tasks in Tutorial 2 due Monday 9/22
	9/17	Play a song with the Skyboard
	9/19	Play a song with the Skyboard
Week 5	9/22
	9/24
	9/26
Week 6	9/29
	10/1
	10/3
Week 7	10/6
	10/8
	10/10
Week 8	10/13	Mini break
	10/15	Midterm Exam
	10/17
Week 9	10/20		Midterm grades due
	10/22
	10/24
Week 10	10/27
	10/29
	10/31
Week 11	11/3
	11/5
	11/7
Week 12	11/10
	11/12
	11/14
Week 13	11/17
	11/19	Travel to a conference (Defense TechConnect)
	11/21	Travel to a conference (Defense TechConnect)
Week 14	11/24	Fall break
	11/26	Fall break
	11/28	Fall break
Week 15	12/1
	12/3
	12/5
Week 16	12/11	Final exam 7:30 - 9:30 am