Course overview
This course aims to provide students with knowledge and hands-on experience in programming, instrumentation, integration and debugging of micro-controllers in mechatronics applications, including servo-mechanisms, sensor interfacing, real-time issues and inter-platform communications, through case studies and microcontroller-based projects.
- Introduction to Microcontrollers
- Controlling the Environment
- Sensing the Environment
- Timing and Counting Events
- Communications
- Optimisation
- Microcontroller Design Project
- Address Decoding
- Real-world Applications
- Advanced Topics
Course learning outcomes
- Design and implement appropriate microcontroller-based solutions for mechatronic applications
- Integrate and apply hardware units within modern microcontrollers
- Develop and demonstrate proficiency in the use of microcontroller-based development tools
- Interface and evaluate external devices to a microcontroller
Availability
Class details
Mawson Lakes
Group 1
Class number 61539
Section PR02
Size 25
Available 23
Class number 61540
Section PR01
Size 25
Available 20
Class number 66691
Section AS01
Size 50
Available 43
Class number 61541
Section WS01
Size 50
Available 43
Adelaide City Campus East
Group 1
Class number 61481
Section PR04
Size 60
Available 36
Class number 61482
Section PR03
Size 60
Available 47
Class number 61483
Section PR02
Size 60
Available 27
Class number 61484
Section PR01
Size 60
Available 37
Class number 66692
Section AS01
Size 240
Available 147
Class number 61485
Section WS05
Size 48
Available 36
Class number 61486
Section WS04
Size 48
Available 15
Class number 61487
Section WS03
Size 48
Available 15
Class number 61488
Section WS02
Size 48
Available 43
Class number 61489
Section WS01
Size 48
Available 38
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