Systems and Computer Engineering (SYSC)
Department of Systems and Computer Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
SYSC 3601 [0.5 credit]
Microprocessor Systems
Microprocessor-based system design for different microprocessor families. Microprocessors: internal organization, instruction sets, address generation, pin-outs, bus cycles, signalling waveforms. Interfacing memory and I/O devices. Interrupt structures, direct memory access. Floating point coprocessors. System bus standards. Introduction to DSPs.
Precludes additional credit for
ELEC 4601.
Prerequisites:
ELEC 2607, and
SYSC 2003 or permission of the department.
Lectures three hours a week, laboratory three hours alternate weeks.
