Processor Architecture syllabus

Introduction Of Microcontroller, Microprocessor Vs Microcontroller, What is PIC Microcontroller, Architecture, Core Components of Microcontroller, Types of PIC Microcontrollers, Development Tools, Programming Languages for PIC Microcontroller, Typical Applications of PIC Microcontroller.

Introduction to microcontroller, Criteria for selection of microcontroller, Features and architecture, Comparison of PIC 18 series microcontrollers; Details of Pins, Pin Diagram PIC 18 internal Architecture: ALU, EEPROM, RAM, IO Ports, Timer, ADC, Serial port PIC18 microcontroller programming model, Bus architecture Registers of PIC18F, Interrupts of PIC18F Program memory and data memory organization

I/O Port Programming in PIC18 Microcontroller (Structure and configuration of I/O Ports (PORTx, TRISx, LATx) , Bit-level I/O Control and Manipulation (Bitwise operations), Programming examples using Embedded C ), Timers and Counters in PIC18 Microcontroller (Timer/Counter modules (Timer0, Timer1, etc.) and associated Registers, Delay Generation using Timers, Timer Programming in Embedded C)

Interrupt: Interrupt Structure of PIC18F with SFR, PORTB change Interrupts, use of timers with interrupts CCP modes: Capture, Compare and PWM generation, DC Motor speed control with CCP, Block diagram of in-built ADC with Control registers, Sensor interfacing using ADC: All programs in embedded C. Interfacing of LED, Interfacing 16X2 LCD and Key board, 7-segment display interfacing, Interfacing Relay & Buzzer. Basics of Serial communication protocols: Study of RS232, I2C, SPI, UART, Serial communication programming using Embedded C.

ARM & RISC: ARM and RISC design philosophy, Introduction to ARM processor & its versions, Features & advantages of ARM processor, Suitability of ARM processor in embedded applications, Programmers model. CPSR registers, Difference between PIC and ARM,Improving performance current techniques of processor architectures