A four-chip microcomputer for undergraduate engineering courses

Author

Wick, Carl E.

Author_Institution

US Naval Acad., Annapolis, MD, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

6-9 Nov 1993

Firstpage

578

Lastpage

582

Abstract

The BASIC interpreter version of the 80C52 is found to be a simple but powerful microcontroller that is ideal for teaching about the function and roles of microcontrollers in control applications. A complete BASIC language microcomputer may be breadboarded in the laboratory with as few as three additional integrated circuits at a very modest investment in time and dollars. The finished computer provides ready access to the control signals, the data signals, and the peripheral components that are present in much more complex systems. It is easily programmed for a variety of experiments and control tasks, and has proved to be an excellent tool for teaching and exploring ways to use microprocessor control of systems

Keywords

computer aided instruction; control engineering computing; control engineering education; educational courses; microcomputer applications; microcontrollers; program interpreters; student experiments; 80C52; BASIC interpreter; CAI; breadboard; control applications; control engineering; control signals; data signals; education; four-chip microcomputer; integrated circuits; laboratory; microcontroller; microprocessor control; teaching; undergraduate engineering courses; Application software; Computer peripherals; Control systems; Education; Investments; Laboratories; Microcomputers; Microcontrollers; Microprocessors; Power engineering and energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1993. Twenty-Third Annual Conference. 'Engineering Education: Renewing America's Technology', Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1482-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1993.405457

Filename

405457