Program Overview

Introduction to the Microprocessor Based Systems Program

The Microprocessor Based Systems program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the fundamentals of embedded systems. This program is based on knowledge achieved in the project module Basic Electronic Systems or similar.

Learning Objectives

Knowledge

• Have knowledge about the fundamentals of embedded systems
• Be able to build and program a microprocessor-based system, both in embedded C- and assembly-code
• Must have knowledge of the methodology used for constructing simple connected digital systems, their use, and limitations
• Must have insight into basic terminology for the architecture of microprocessors
• Must have insight into basic terminology for sensor and actuator interface to the microprocessor
• Have knowledge about recognized standards for documentation of electronic circuits
• Have knowledge about how to set up specifications for a product

Skills

• Be able to choose, describe, and apply relevant technical, scientific, and context models, theories, and methods for analysis, processing, and problem-solving in relation to microprocessor-based systems
• Be able to perform critical evaluation of the relevance of the gained knowledge in relation to the project work including evaluation of the suitability of models, theories, or methods
• Be able to design an embedded system operating with no human interactions
• Must be able to design a microprocessor program which can run on its own for controlling the digital/analogue outputs
• Must be able to elaborate a number of possibilities for analysis, program development, programming, and testing for the entire microprocessor-based system
• Be able to obtain data online using real-time data acquisition
• Be able to synthesize, document, and bring the entire system (hardware and software) to working condition

Competences

• Be able to design a microprocessor-based system based on the design specifications
• Independently identify and analyze embedded programs
• Independently be able to design and apply embedded programming
• Have a fundamental understanding of timers, counters, interrupts, analog, and digital signals, and how these concepts can be applied
• Be able to implement and test the developed system with the purpose of verifying the hypothesis, as well as draw conclusions based on the achieved result
• Be able to plan, control, and put a project work in perspective including planning of project meetings and delegation of the work

Type of Instruction

The program involves problem-based and project-oriented project work in groups. The project can be discipline-oriented, interdisciplinary, or be a part of a multi-disciplinary project dependent on project choice. The project work is documented in a P2 project report and participation in a presentation seminar.

Extent and Expected Workload

Since it is a 10 ECTS project module, the workload is expected to be 300 hours for the student.

Exam

Exams

• Name of exam: Microprocessor Based Systems
• Type of exam: Oral exam based on a project
• Oral examination with external adjudicator based on the presentation seminar and project report
• ECTS: 10
• Assessment: 7-point grading scale
• Type of grading: External examination
• Criteria of assessment: The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures

Facts about the Module

• Danish title: Mikroprocessor-baserede systemer
• Module code: N-AIE-B2-1A
• Module type: Project
• Duration: 1 semester
• Semester: Spring
• ECTS: 10
• Language of instruction: English
• Empty-place Scheme: Yes
• Location of the lecture: Campus Esbjerg
• Responsible for the module: Dil Muhammad Akbar Hussain
• Used in:
  • Curriculum for the Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Applied Industrial Electronics 2020
  • Curriculum for the Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Applied Industrial Electronics 2021
  • Curriculum for the bachelor's programme in Applied Industrial Electronics, 2022
  • Curriculum for the Bachelor of Science Programme in Applied Industrial Electronics, 2023

Organisation

• Education owner: Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Engineering (Applied Industrial Electronics)
• Study Board: Study Board of Build, Energy, Electronics, and Mechanics in Esbjerg
• Department: Department of Energy
• Faculty: The Faculty of Engineering and Science