CE346 - Microprocessor System Design

Fall 2025

Week	Date		Lecture		Due
1	16-Sep	Tue	1	Introduction
	18-Sep	Thu	2	Microcontrollers
	19-Sep	Fri	-–	(No Required In-Person Meeting)
				Lab0: Software Setup
2	23-Sep	Tue	3	Embedded Software
	25-Sep	Thu	4	Interrupts and Digital I/O
	26-Sep	Fri	Lab1	Lab1: MMIO and Interrupts
3	30-Sep	Tue	5	Prototyping & Digital Circuits	Quiz1
	2-Oct	Thu	6	Timers
	3-Oct	Fri	Lab2	Lab2: Virtual Timers	Lab1
4	7-Oct	Tue	7	Sensors
	9-Oct	Thu	8	Driver Design
	10-Oct	Fri	Lab3	Lab3: LED Matrix	Lab2, Project Proposals
5	14-Oct	Tue	9	Analog Input	Quiz2
	16-Oct	Thu	10	Analog Output
	17-Oct	Fri	Lab4	Lab4: Breadboarding	Lab3
6	21-Oct	Tue	-–	Project Design Presentations	Design Presentations
	23-Oct	Thu	-–	Project Design Presentations
	24-Oct	Fri	Lab5	Lab5: Audio and Servo	Lab4
				Drop Deadline
7	28-Oct	Tue	11	Wired Communication: UART	Quiz3
	30-Oct	Thu	12	Wired Communication: SPI, I2C
	31-Oct	Fri	Lab6	Lab6: I2C Sensors	Lab5
8	4-Nov	Tue	13	Wired Communication: Other Protocols
	6-Nov	Thu	14	Wireless Communication
	7-Nov	Fri	-–	Project Office Hours	Lab6
9	11-Nov	Tue	15	Nonvolatile Memory & Energy Management
	13-Nov	Thu	16	Embedded OS
	14-Nov	Fri	-–	Project Office Hours	Project Check-ins
10	18-Nov	Tue	17	Wrap-up	Quiz4
	20-Nov	Thu	18	Embedded Systems Research
	21-Nov	Fri	-–	Project Office Hours
11	25-Nov	Tue		Thanksgiving Break
	27-Nov	Thu
12	2-Dec	Tue	-–	Project Office Hours
	4-Dec	Thu	-–	Project Office Hours
	5-Dec	Fri	-–	Project Office Hours
Exam	9-Dec	Tue	-–	Project Demo Session (Mudd 3514)	Project Code &
Week					Partnership Survey