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Fundamentals of Microcontrollers
Fundamentals Course
December 2010
This course provides an introduction to microcontrollers (MCUs) including usage and selection of the devices. Content includes:
- Definition of a microcontroller.
- Comparisons with microprocessors and DSPs.
- Early history of microcontrollers.
- Description of the main hardware blocks.
- Explanation of trends in the industry.
- Listing of current microcontroller vendors.
- Basics of programming a microcontroller.
- Contents and usage of an evaluation kit.
- Issues to consider when selecting a microcontroller.
The course also includes a video explaining showing how to get started with an evaluation kit.
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yh_rose
7/22/2010 4:06 PM EDT
what is the current link to the virtual lab page now?
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foresightyj
11/13/2010 7:00 AM EST
I also wanna know.
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pankaj_techie
11/28/2010 9:10 AM EST
extremely useful.Thanx
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gdf
12/7/2010 12:56 PM EST
can we have an explanatory pdf manual before?
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Sanati
1/24/2011 10:14 AM EST
can we get course material in pdf? it shall be much useful
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mayatrix
12/7/2010 2:47 PM EST
Very useful for people having trouble getting through data sheets and choosing the right controller for their embedded design
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admkn
12/7/2010 3:04 PM EST
Can we download this?
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bernd.moeschen_#2
12/7/2010 3:28 PM EST
very useful training. A pdf handout would be very helpful
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willie9447
12/7/2010 4:10 PM EST
This is an excellent course, do you have next level offered in the near future?
Thanks,
William
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oswaldfig
12/7/2010 6:03 PM EST
very useful.
thanks!
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tooty
12/7/2010 10:03 PM EST
An excellent introduction to micro controllers and nicely presented (easy to follow).
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shudhu
12/8/2010 12:02 AM EST
This is very useful. Is there any pdf version of this session available or can we download this video.
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hm
12/8/2010 1:25 AM EST
Very good home work, nice compilation and very lucid explanation.
Feeedback:
(a)
Can you cover more finer aspect in second course, e.g. EMI/EMC on GPIO pins? Clock distribution to lower EMI/EMC and similar other aspect.
(b)
Now it is time to be more conversant with FPGA and Fusion FPGA in perticular.
Can you compile similar course for Introduction to FPGA (or prgramabel logic?
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David Ashton
12/13/2010 4:49 AM EST
There IS a fundamentals of FPGA here:
http://www.eetimes.com/electrical-engineers/education-training/courses/4000134/Fundamentals-of-FPGAs
Pretty good too, would like a follow on to that one too though...Max???
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g_s_rich
12/8/2010 1:34 AM EST
Great information - Thanks!
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SIVA143
12/8/2010 4:03 AM EST
Nice work and good presentation for beginners.
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SMOC
12/8/2010 1:52 PM EST
Thank you very much for this course. It is of a great value to me. Even though printed materials for abound for the topic it takes so much time to read for me it runs into weeks even months but this material has done that in less than two hours.Now I can read my other printed version with more in-depth understanding.
Please do well to make these kind of courses available for us it’s highly valued.
Thanks once more.
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kinnar
12/9/2010 2:25 AM EST
Comparison with the DSP and Microcontroller is very good, good course by NXP. Please keep designing advanced level courses as well for embedded systems.
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Hilal
12/14/2010 1:30 AM EST
how to download this?
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bollineni.sravan
12/25/2010 2:20 PM EST
Thanks.....good explanation.can cover details in depth.
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STUDYING EMBEDDED(ELECTRONICS ENGINEER)
1/1/2011 1:14 PM EST
please send these detail in pdf format ..please help me
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Sanborn84
1/3/2011 2:25 PM EST
Just finished the presentation, excellent stuff NXP. Mr. Donovan, thank you for speaking slowly and concisely, I had zero problems following you which can sometimes be a rarity when watching a video training. 5/5
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Daniel Ludeman
1/14/2011 12:40 AM EST
I'm a student in a power electronics program (in the process of learning C) and this helped me immensely to understand the field of microprocessors. Thank you.
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Vaasudeva.LakshmanPrabhu
1/19/2011 8:51 AM EST
This was a really good course. it would be good if course on porting of any OS on to a microcontroller is also available
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roomi_ec
1/26/2011 4:28 AM EST
Really good course to understand the high level basics of MC,Course on porting OS to MC could be natural progression .
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PaDesigner
1/27/2011 5:03 PM EST
This course is a very good module for today's modern and emerging/younger IC and SOC designers. Especially beginners of MCU and DSP
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PaDesigner
1/27/2011 5:11 PM EST
Thanks. I earned MSc degree in Embedded Computer System 2 years ago, very familiar with Motorola processor in design of MCU. This write up is very good to me especially, thanks.
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Oldschooldon
2/4/2011 12:29 AM EST
I found this course very informative and easy to follow. As a technology instructor, who has taught both associate and bachelor level courses dealing with microcontrollers (the 8051 and PIC18), this has provided ideas that I can incorporate into these classes to assist the students in developing projects.
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ReVec
2/8/2011 11:24 PM EST
Thank you, great course.
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Appalaraju
2/9/2011 4:17 AM EST
good course for beginners.
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velappan
4/20/2011 5:26 AM EDT
Thank u , very interesting course can plz send pdf format... and how to download this.... help me
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Vaishali @ GR
6/21/2011 4:29 AM EDT
Good Overview..
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Chandan Kumar
7/27/2011 7:50 AM EDT
Well written and presented document.
Thanks for sharing.
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yjamal2k1
9/29/2011 5:34 AM EDT
Really useful and well presented...hats off
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Sheetal.Pandey
11/28/2011 4:25 AM EST
Extremely brilliant collection of information in one document. Thank you for sharing.
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Manisali
3/13/2012 3:57 PM EDT
Very Good Overwiev..
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karthik_bhagan
4/17/2012 7:37 AM EDT
That was awesome!
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