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Microprocessor System

Mongkol Ekpanyapong, Ph.D.

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)

mongkol@ait.ac.th

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Main focus of the course

• Matlab, Simulink and C language

• Microprocessor usage

• Hardware devices/interfaces including

- GPIO - LED

- RS232 - File I/O - PWM - etc

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Presentation

• You have to choose one Embedded System product and present its

internal structure (10-15 minutes presentation).

• If you can show video how product work would be nice

• Example of presentation

• Please send me the title and schedule of your presentation at the

end of the month (August)

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Lab

• Two students per group

• Each group will work with an ARM Cortex M4 board

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Project

• 40% of the total grade

• 1-2 students per group

• Budget is 1000 baht per group (or more with approval)

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This course is all about ideas (that work)

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Time’s 50 best inventions of 2009

• LED lightbulb

• Smart thermostat

• Tweeting by

thinking

• Electric eye

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Time’s 50 best inventions of 2009 (cont.)

• Personal Carbon Footprint

• Hand-held ultra-sonic

• Yike Bike

• Vertical farming

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Time’s 50 best inventions of 2009 (cont.)

• Cyborg bettle

• Nissan leaf

• Robo-penguin

• 3D camera

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Time’s 50 best inventions of 2009

• Controller-free gaming

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Time’s 50 best inventions of 2009

• Honda Unicycle

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Other cool Embedded Systems

• Big dog project

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Other cool Embedded Systems

• Snake robot

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• iPAD

• Looxcie

• Martin Jetpack

• Eye Writer

Times best Inventions 2010

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Times best Inventions 2010 • Body Powered Devices

• Iron Man suit

• Mosquito laser

• English teaching robot

• NeoNurture Incubator

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Times best Inventions 2011

• Li-Fi (the next Wi-Fi)

• The Possessed-Hand

• Virtual Textures

• Siri

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Times best Inventions 2011

• Built-in alcohol detection

device in vehicles

• Surveillance Hummingbird

• Mind reading System

• Smart cat ear

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Times best inventions 2011

• Magic mirror

• Holographic map

• Solar airplane

Times best inventions 2012

• Motion Activated screwdrivers

• Home HIV test

• Elidomestico Solar Water Distiler

• Self-Inflating tires

• Bounce imaging

• Sony RX-100 pocket SLR

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Times best inventions 2012

• Google Glass

• Makerbot

• Baxter

• Switchblade drone

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Questions?