THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

HKU SPACE Community College

Associate Degree Programmes 2019-20
Course Document

Course Title: Microcontrollers

Course Code: C C I T 4 0 6 4

QF Level: 4

Contact Hours: 39 Hours

Aims and Objective

This course aims at providing a basic knowledge of the hardware architecture of typical microprocessors,
microcomputers and microcontrollers, and to study how to interface various peripheral devices with applications.

Intended Learning Outcomes of the Course

On completion of the course, students should be able to

ILO1. describe the architectures and functions of peripheral subsystem of typical microprocessors and
microcontrollers;
ILO2. explain the operations of typical microprocessors and microcontrollers;
ILO3. design simple microcontrollers based system and interfacing circuits and common devices;
ILO4. develop simple programs for microcontrollers for various applications.

Syllabus

1. Introduction to Microprocessor, ,Microcomputer, and Microcontroller

l Organizational structure between Microprocessor, ,microcomputer, and microcontroller
l Development of microprocessor, ,microcomputer, and microcontroller
l Address bus, data bus and control bus,
l Connecting microprocessor to input/output devices,
l Peripheral interfacing.

2. Introduction to Microcontrollers
l Introduction to microcontrollers, hardware and its organization,
l Programming system,
l Architecture, memory organization, addressing modes,
l Registers, port, memory interfacing,
l Instruction set and assembly language programming.
l Timer and counter
l Interrupt
l Serial communication, input/output Interfacing between Microcontroller and peripheral devices,

3. System design using Microcontrollers and applications

l Case studies
l Fundamental of components for interfacing and applications
Assessment
Type of Assessment (Weighting) Description
Assignments (12%)
Written Test (10%)
Continuous Assessment (50%)
Laboratory Reports (18%)
Project Report (10%)
Examination (50%) Written examination (50%)

Pre-requisite(s)

Nil

Required and Recommended Reading

References:

1. A.V. Deshmukh, Microcontrollers: Theory and Applications, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2006.

2. Muhammad Ali Mazidi, Janice Gillispie Mazidi, Rolin D.MCKinlay, The 8051 Microcontroller and Embedded
Systems: using assembly and c, Second Edition, Pearson Education, 2008.
3. Kenneth J. Ayala, The 8086 Microprocessor: Programming & Interfacing The PC, Delmar Publishers, 2007.
4. James W. Stewart, The 8051 Microcontroller – Hardware, Software and Interfacing, Second Edition, Pearson
Education, 1999.

22.07.2019