ETE 275 - Advanced Programming and Interfacing: Microcontroller Computer

This course offers advanced techniques for students in programming and interfacing a microcontroller computer. A microcontroller computer is the size of a deck of cards and is able to command other attached electronic devices using computer code. Programs involving Parallax Propeller C code and Arduino C++ code will be written on a classroom computer and downloaded to the microcontroller computer. Students will learn to write computer code that interfaces with these sensors: light, touch, infrared, ultrasonic, and RFID. Students will also write code to control LED lights, 7-segment displays, LCD displays, sound speakers, and stationary servo-motors, as well as servo-motors on a mobile platform. Students will also learn to program an industrial PLC (Programable Logic Controller) using the C++ computer code.
Prerequisite(s): ETE 165
Corequisite(s): None
4 credits plus 2 contact hours = 3 lecture, 3 laboratory