Getting Started with Embedded Programming

This repository has code from a lab course on embedded programming using the MSP430 that I made for Rutgers. The topic list and original lectures are below. The original course has a number of associated lectures with example code, short "lab" projects, and some topics have larger projects that integrate the topics so far. I will also be creating larger, almost useful projects using the topics in the this outline.

Below is a list of topics and the associated lectures, lab projects, or take-home projects. The numbers denote in which class the lecture, lab, or take-home project appears.

Topic: Reintroduction to C

01 Lecture: binary operators, volatile, pragmas, interrupts, registers

Topic: Introduction to the MSP430

01 Lecture: Memory spaces, modes, capabilities

Topic: Output and basic timing

02 Lecture: Output, power consumption (pull up/down), watchdog timer

03 Lab: blink an LED at a desired rate

04 Project: Smiley face drawing (or write a word) with persistence of vision

1. In class we do a lab to display the smiley face
2. As a take home project groups spell out words
3. Class 05 starts with a small quiz on interrupts, the WDT, and digital output

Topic: Advanced timer controls

05 Lecture: Hardware controlled output, other output pin modes

06 Lab: Two LEDs with one clock!

Topic: Digital to analog conversion (DAC)

07 Lecture: What is digital to analog conversion? How is it used?

08 Lab: PWM output square, sine, and sawtooth signals, build a rectifier circuit

09 Lecture: Applications of PWM

10 Project: Tone and scale generation

Topic: Input (Digital and Analog)

11 Lecture: Input, interrupts, pull up and pull down resistors, LPM and wakeup

12 Lab: Measuring Current Consumption with VLO or a Crystal Oscillator in LPM3

13 Analog to digital conversion

14 Lab: Check input power level when using a solar cell

Topic: Low Power Mode

This was already introduced since it is needed when powering the board with a solar cell earlier and when measuring low power consumption.

15 Lab: Wake from low power sleep with button clicks (Currently LPM is in lecture 7)

16 Project: morse code clicker (with low power)

Topic: Wire communiction

17 Lecture: Wire communication, I2C and SPI

18 Lab: Simple interrupt and polling communication, turn on LED from different launchpad

19 Lab: SPI between two launchpads

Topic: Building a (really basic) media player

20 Lecture: Talking to a file system

21 Lab: Read data from a filesystem

22 Project: read bits from a filesystem, blink the LED

23-24 Final Project: read music from a filesystem and play it