CENTRE OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING STUDIES

FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA MALAYSIA
COURSE OUTLINE AND LESSON PLAN
Programme
: B. Eng. (Hons)
Course Code : ECE 521
Course
: Microprocessor System
Credit Unit
:3
Contact Hour : 4 (2 hrs. Lecture, 2 hr. Labratory)
Part
:4
Course Status : Core
Prerequisite
: Digital System Fundamentals

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This subject is to provide knowledge and experience to students on
microprocessor and microcomputer system operation. It also includes the
design, programming and interfacing of a microcomputer system.
PROGRAMME OUTCOMES (POs)
PO4
Ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems.
PO5
Ability to utilize systems approach to design and evaluate operational
PO10

performance.
Ability to work as both an individual and in a team on electrical
engineering or multi-disciplinary projects

COURSE OUTCOMES (COs)

Describe microprocessor based systems and solve software and hardware
CO1
interfacing problems.
CO2

Solve engineering problems using a microprocessor system individually or

CO3

within a team.
Design and develop assembly language programs and microprocessor
interfacing circuits.

CO-PO MATRIX
PO4

CO1
CO2
CO3
COURSE CONTENT

PO5

P10

 Review of Digital Logics and Number Systems

Software Systems and Assemblers
Microprocessor-Based Software Development system, Operating
system, and Assemblers.
Introduction to Assembly Language and Programming
Programming model, Addressing modes, Instruction set. How to
write, assemble and execute assembly language programs.
Introduction to 16-bit Microprocessor
Instructions and Programming Techniques; Data copy operation,
Arithmetic Operations, Branch Operations, Instruction related to
Index Registers, Programming Techniques: Looping, Counting and
Indexing. Flow charts in program design.
Logic and Bit Manipulation Instruction
Logic and Compare Operations, Rotate (Shift) Operations and Bit
Manipulation.
Memory And I/O interfacing
Serial and Parallel I/O Techniques

LESSON PLAN
SESSION MAC JULY 2013

WEEK

LECTURE COVERAGE
Microprocessor Architecture and Overview
Digital Logic (Review): Describe the function of various
digital logic components, explain the basic operations of
the digital logic components and design simple logic
circuits

WEEK 1-4
4/3 -29/3
2013

WEEK 5-7
1/4 19/4
2013
WEEK
8

CO-PO

ACTIVITIES

CO1, PO4

Lectures &
Laboratory

Microprocessor Architecture and Overview:Describe

microcomputer systems & its components and describe
microprocessor architecture

ASSESSMENT

Quiz
Assigment

Microprocessor Instruction Set & Programming: Apply

suitable instruction sets & addressing modes to solve
problems in a particular situation ,write assembly
language program for the microprocessor and analyze
program and correct the errors

Memory Interfacing:Able to design decoding circuits for

memory devices,able to design memory interfacing
modules and analyze memory interfacing circuits.

Quiz
CO1, PO4

SEMESTER BREAK (22/04/13- 28/04/13)

Lectures &
Laboratory

Test 1
(wk 5-6)

WEEK 9
29/43/5
2013

Parallel I/O Interfacing:Design decoding circuits for I/O

Device
,construct simple interfacing application.Write I/O
programs for the applications and analyze microprocessor
based I/O interfacing applications circuits

Test 2
CO2, PO4
Lectures &
Laboratory

Quiz/
Assignment

Mini Project Preparation

WEEK 10-12
CO3, PO4
6/524/5
2013
WEEK
13-15

Lectures &
Laboratory

Quiz/
Assignment

Harvest Festival (27/ 05 / 2013 2 / 06 /2013

Mini Project Preparation and Presentation
CO3, PO5

3/6 -21/6
2013
REVISION WEEK
(22/6/2013 25/6/2013)
FINAL EXAMINATION
(26/6/2013 14/7/2013)

Lectures &
Laboratory

Quiz
Mini Projek

TEACHING METHODOLOGY
The theoretical aspect will be covered through lectures and tutorials.

ASSESSMENT
Test 1

15%

Test 2

15%

1 Assignments/1 Quizzes& 3 Labs

20%

Mini Project

50%

1.Progress marks (30%)

2.Panel Mini Projek(20%)[70%]
Total Coursework

100%

REFERENCES
James L.Antonakos, The 68000 Microprocessor: Hardware and Software Principles and
Applications, 5th Ed., Pearson Prentice Hal, 2004.
ECE 521 LECTURERS
1. Mohd Zafran Bin Abdul Aziz
2. Mohd Uzir Kamaludin ,
3. Shahrani Shahbudin,
4. Maizura Binti Mohd sani,
5. Prof Madya Kartini Salam,
6. Naimah Mat Isa
7. Faiza Hanum Yahya
8. Meor Mohd Azreen Bin Meor Hamzah

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