450-4083/01 – Microcontrollers Applications in Biomedical Engineering (AMvBI)
| Gurantor department | Department of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Michal Prauzek, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Michal Prauzek, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory type B |
| Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FEI | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim of subject is to present general knowledge about ARM Cortex M microcontroller and its applications especially in the biomedical engineering field. The student is acquainted with the possibilities of microcontroller usage, including their basic configuration, peripheral settings and program design. Students should be able to use a microcontroller to control simple hardware applications, especially in biomedical engineering field.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Experimental work in labs
Project work
Teaching by an expert (lecture or tutorial)
Summary
The course focuses on the application of ARM Cortex M microcontrollers and their use in biomedical engineering. The syllabus of the subject has three sub-sections. The first part explains the basic concepts in the field of microprocessors and microcontrollers. The middle part of the subject deals with the individual peripherals of the microcontroller and their usage possibilities. The last part explains the application of a microcontroller in biomedical engineering by basic control and measurement tasks. Laboratory work in the subject includes mainly practical work with development kits.
Compulsory literature:
Dean, Alexander G. Embedded systems fundamentals with ARM Cortex-M based microcontrollers : a practical approach. Cambridge: ARM Education Media, 2017.
Recommended literature:
Zhu, Yifeng. Embedded Systems with ARM® Cortex-M3 Microcontrollers in Assembly Language and C. E-Man Press, LLC, 2014.
Ganguly, Amar K. Embedded Systems : Design, Programming and Applications. Oxford: Alpha Science International Ltd, 2014
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
The student is assessed based on laboratory work, a credit test, and an independent project. The credit is awarded from the 13th week. To obtain the credit, the student must achieve at least 10 points, with a maximum of 40 points. The examination consists of a written part – the final test (20–40 points) – and an oral part (10–20 points). The overall evaluation is 51–100 points in accordance with the study regulations.
E-learning
Materials are available at https://lms.vsb.cz/?lang=en
Other requirements
There are not defined other requirements for student.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Embedded control systems: basic specification and current trends in embedded systems, summary of microprocessor and microcontroller theory.
2. Microcontroller: core ARM Cortex M, microcontroller topology a specification.
3. Basic microcontroller configuration: clock signal, watchdog, JTAG, power supply system, reference voltages, package, basic configuration registers.
4. Configuration of input and output interface: configuration registers, electrical characteristic of a port, PORT and GPIO peripherals.
5. Interrupt system in ARM Cortex M, interrupt controller (NVIC), interrupt sources, priority, vector, handler. Internal connection of microcontroller peripherals.
6. Counters and timers: SysTick, periodic interrupt timers, advanced timers, real time timers, low-power timers.
7. Signal digitalization in microcontroller: AD converters and their configuration, synchronization, multiplexing and correct implementation.
8. Other analogue peripherals: DA converters and analog comparator.
9. Basic communication peripherals and their configuration: UART, I2C, SPI. Communication with external memory.
10. Advanced communication interfaces: USB, Ethernet and wireless communication standards.
11. Direct memory access (DMA): Usage methods and peripheral configuration.
12. Modern trends in embedded control systems, review of modern technologies.
13. Final lecture, summary of subject knowledge, preparation for exam.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction