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Course Specification Template

1. General information about Instructor:

Name Dr.Ja’far saifeddin Jallad Class Time & Office Hours

Phone Internal Day SUN MON TUE WED THU
External
Mobile Class Time 8-9 8-9 8-9
Instructor's j.jallad@ptuk.edu.ps Class Room H213 H213 H213
E-mail
Class Time 8.30- 8.30-
9.30 9.30
Class Room H115 H115
Class Time 9:30- 9:30-
11 11
Class Room H115 H115
Office 9-10 9-10
Hours

2. General information about the Course

No Requirements
1 Course Title Microcontrollers
2 Course code & Number 12120305
3 Credit hours Theo. (CH): 3 Practical (CH): 0
4 Faculty Engineering and Technology
5 Department / Division that offers the Electrical Engineering Department
course:
6 Course type Compulsory Elective
Uni. Fac. Dep. Uni. Fac. Dep.
X
7 Level and Semester Third year, first/second semester
8 Prerequisite(s) – If any Digital logic and digital Electronics
9 Co-requisite(s) – if any -----------
10 Program/programs for it/them the Electrical Engineering. Industrial Automation,
course is offered Mechatronics, Telecommunication
11 Instruction Medium: English Arabic
X X
3. Course description:
Microprocessors and microcontroller systems: microprocessors, microcontrollers, memory,
input/output, busses (Data, address, control).
Microcontroller architecture: internal structure, ALU, registers, flags, interrupts, ports I/O, timers
and counters, analog to digital converters.
Programming: instruction set, assembly language, programming techniques. Subroutines,
addressing modes, Examples of and microcontrollers in engineering applications.

4. General Course Objectives

1.Introduce students to microelectronic systems.

2. Introduce students to different types of memories and addressing modes.
3. Explain the architecture of CPU.
4. Explain different instructions in assembly language.

5. Intended Learning Outcomes/ILO’s (please specify the learning outcomes of the

course as outlined below):

A) Knowledge and understanding

Ability to understand microcontroller’s specifications
Understand the instruction list of a microcontroller
B) Intellectual/Cognitive skills
ability to apply knowledge of math engineering and science
ability to design and conduct experiments and ability to analyze and interpret data
ability to design system components or process to meet a need
ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems
C) Subject specialization and practical skills
Ability to design microelectronic systems
Ability to program the microcontroller in assembly language for different real
applications
D) General and transferable skills
ability to function in multidisciplinary teams
ability to use techniques, skills and tools in engineering practice

6. Topics covered and Calendar:

A. Theoretical parts (Please state the titles of the subjects you intend to cover each week)

Number Topics Number of hours

1. Microelectronic systems, microcontrollers and 6
microprocessors in everyday life and in industry.
Differences between microprocessors and microcontrollers.
Microcontrollers examples, pinout and general features.
 Architecture of the system. Data ,address and control busses,
system clock.
2. Memory: Random access memory (RAM), Read Only 6
memory (ROM), Masked programmed ROM, PROM,
EPROM, addressing memory.
3. Inside the CPU: Control unit, internal bus, ALU 3
4. Instructions, fetch and execute Cycle. Writing to memory, 3
assembler.
5. Transfer instructions, Instructions-branch, mnemonics
arithmetical, logical, bit shift, flags, looping, directives, 9
subroutines, delay.
6. I/O ports programming. 6
7. Timers, counters programming, prescaler. 6
8. Interrupt programming. 6
9. ADC programming. 3

7. Student assessment methods based on ILO,s

No Assessment method Week Mark Percentage to
overall mark
1. First Exam 30 30%
2. Second Exam 30 30%
3. Mid-term Exam (if any)
4. Coursework
5. Final Exam 40 40%

8. References and other resources

A. Recommended Textbook(s): two maximum

1. PIC microcontrollers and Embedded systems.
2.

B. Other references
1.
2.
C. Electronic resources, Websites related to the course
1.
2.
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Name & signature of Quality rep. in your faculty

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Course Tutor’s name and signature

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