CS431 - Embedded Systems
Resources

Supplementary Readings and Useful Links

SiLabs (Cygnal) F340 Microcontroller

• SiLabs company website
• C8051F34x datasheet
• C8051F34x-DK Development Kit User Guide - Product web page

General 8051 Information

• 8051 Tutorial - A good initial starting point. References below will be necessary for a complete understanding.
• MCS-51 Programmer's Guide and Instruction Set - Reference for the 8051 core functionality.
• MCS-51 Arcitectural Overview - Reference for the 8051 architecture.

Relevant components

• HEDS5540 datasheet from Maxon. Our motors have 110513 with 500 counts per turn.
• L293D quadruple half-H driver datasheet
• HCTL20xx quadrature encoder counter datasheet
• Hitachi 44780 LCD display driver datasheet - Good tutorial
• MAX232 level converter datasheet

RTOS documentation and more

• uCos-II web site
• Win-32 and Linux ports for uCos-II for educational purposes
• uCos-II Reference Manual
• uCos-II Quick Reference Chart

Development tools

• Keil C51 for SiLabs C8051F340 - More documentation is available in the SiLabs IDE installation.

Articles and other information

• Lab tutorial - Prepared by Akın Avcı.

• Interfacing with the analog world - Lecture notes.
• Position and velocity measurements - Lecture notes.
• The World of Sensors - Lecture notes.
• Sensor characteristics - Scanned from the book
• Actuators - Lecture notes.
• Motor Control - Lecture notes.
• Linear and rotary encoders - introductory article.
• Hall effect sensors - Wikipedia article.
• PID Without a PhD - Good article on PID control

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