Indicative contents

• Introduction to Embedded System Design
  68HC12 Microcontroller:
  Introduction to 68HC12 Family of Microcontrollers, Architecture, Registers
• 68HC12/68HCS12 Instruction Set Overview - instruction set classified, addressing modes, basics of instruction timing
• Load, Store and Move Instructions, Arithmetic Instructions
• Branching and Iteration - condition codes, loops with pre-test, loops with post-test Using Tables and Arrays - defining and accessing tables and arrays. Interpolating between entries. Tables for format conversion.
• Decision Trees and Logic Instructions - selection control structures, Boolean logic and CPU instructions, handy summary
• The Stack and Subroutines - stacks for data storage. Using subroutines. Passing parameters and results. General Purpose I/O Pins - use of general purpose I/O pins (ports). System Clocks - Using the phase-locked loop.
• Interrupts, Traps, and Resets - basics of interrupts and operation in the 68HCS12
  External Interrupts - IRQ, XIRQ, and key wake-ups.
  The RTI and COP interrupt - Computer Operating Properly clock monitor, "watchdog" failure, and the "Real Time" interrupt.
• The Timer Module -- using all the features of the Timer Module as common with the 68HC12. Pulse Width Modulation - using the PWM module , The Analog to Digital Converter , Serial Peripheral Interface - various ways to use the CAN
• In-Vehicle Networking
  • Introduction to In-Vehicle Networking
  • Benefits of Networking
  • Multiplexing Standards
  • Controller Area Network (CAN)
   

Module Resources

• Essential reading
  1. Course notes
• Recommended Reading
  1. Hall, Douglas V, Microprocessors and interfacing: programming and hardware, 2nd edition, Tata McGraw Hill, ISBN: 0-07-463639-1, 1999.
  2. Gordon Doughman, Programming the Motorola M68HC12 Family