Transcript Lecture 1_F12

Lecture 1: Embedded Systems
Overview, AVR
Hardware/Software Introduction
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Embedded Systems Overview
• Computing systems are everywhere
• Most of us think of “desktop” computers
– PC’s
– Laptops
– Mainframes
– Servers
• But there’s another type of computing
system
– Far more common...
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Embedded Systems Overview
• Embedded computing systems
– Computing systems embedded
within electronic devices
– Hard to define. Nearly any
computing system other than a
desktop computer
– Billions of units produced yearly,
versus millions of desktop units
– Perhaps 50 per household and
per automobile
Computers are in here...
and here...
and even here...
Lots more of these,
though they cost a lot
less each.
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A “short list” of embedded
systems
Anti-lock brakes
Auto-focus cameras
Automatic teller machines
Automatic toll systems
Automatic transmission
Avionic systems
Battery chargers
Camcorders
Cell phones
Cell-phone base stations
Cordless phones
Cruise control
Curbside check-in systems
Digital cameras
Disk drives
Electronic card readers
Electronic instruments
Electronic toys/games
Factory control
Fax machines
Fingerprint identifiers
Home security systems
Life-support systems
Medical testing systems
Modems
MPEG decoders
Network cards
Network switches/routers
On-board navigation
Pagers
Photocopiers
Point-of-sale systems
Portable video games
Printers
Satellite phones
Scanners
Smart ovens/dishwashers
Speech recognizers
Stereo systems
Teleconferencing systems
Televisions
Temperature controllers
Theft tracking systems
TV set-top boxes
VCR’s, DVD players
Video game consoles
Video phones
Washers and dryers
And the list goes on and on
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What is an embedded system?
• What makes a microcontroller:
– Self Contained
• CPU
• Memory
• I/O
– Application or Task Specific
• Not a general-purpose computer
• Appropriately scaled for the job
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What is an embedded system?
• Embedded PCs?
• “Soft” Processors on PLDs?
• Systems On A Chip?
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Designing Embedded Systems
• Microcontrollers
– Don’t have keyboard and monitor jacks
– Must use ports to perform I/O
• Inputs – to sense things
• Outputs – to control things
• Related Component Topics
– Common Interfaces
– Part Packages
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What you will do:
• Labs
– Lab 1: Introduction to AVR STK500
Hardware/Software, a couple of simple c programs
– Lab 2: A/D converter
– Lab 3: Optical Sensors
– Lab 4: 4 bits D/A converter
– Lab 5: Controls and Feedback
– Lab 6: Motor Control - open loop
– Lab 7: Motor Control - simple feedback control
– Lab 8: Motor Control - proportional feedback control
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What you will do:
• Final Project – your proposed project
• Final Project
– Hardware
– Software
– Presentation
– Report
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Introduction to AVR
• CodeVision AVR C Compiler Professional
version
– Installed in 20 PCs in room EN229
– Compile programs with more than a thousand
instructions.
– Provides many useful assembly programs used by
your C programs. You write your programs in C
completely. AVR C compiler will integrate all required
programs together
– More about AVR C compiler when presenting Lab 1
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History of AVR
The Atmel AVRTM is a family of 8-bit RISC microcontrollers
produced by Atmel.
The AVR architecture was conceived by two students at the
Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) and further refined
and developed at Atmel Norway, the Atmel daughter company
founded by the two chip architects.
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Introduction to AVR
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Used in Lab
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PB2 PB3 also used as Analog Input 0 (AIN0) and
Analog Input 1 (AIN1)
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The Analog Comparator compares
the input values on the positive pin AIN0 and negative pin
AIN1.
When the voltage on the positive pin AIN0 is higher than the
voltage on the negative pin AIN1, the Analog Comparator
Output, ACO, is set. ACO is kept in bit 5 of Analog
Comparator Control and Status Register
The comparator’s output can be set to trigger the Timer/Counter1
Input Capture function. In addition, the comparator can
trigger a separate interrupt, exclusive to the Analog
Comparator.
The user can select Interrupt triggering on comparator
output rise, fall or toggle
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Interesting Instruction Examples:
• NOP – Do nothing for 1 cycle
• SLEEP – Sleep until reset or interrupted
• WDR – Watch Dog Reset
AVR Instruction set manual available in the course website
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Timers: Why we need them
• Provide accurately timed delays or actions independent of code
execution time
• How are Timers used?
– Accurate delay
• Read the timer, store value as K. Loop until timer reaches
K+100.
– Schedule important events
• Setup an Output Compare to trigger an interrupt at a precise
time
When the value in the Output Compare Register matches the
value in timer/counter register -- triggers an interrupt
-- Measure time between events
• When event#1 happens, store timer value as K
• When event#2 happens, read timer value and subtract K
• The difference is the time elapsed between the two events
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AVR Timer/Counter 0
• 8 Bit
• Wrap-Around
Up Counter
• Interrupt on
overflow
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AVR Timer/Counter 0
• 8 Bit Up Counter
– counts from 0 to 255 (0xFF), then loops to 0
– Internal or External Clock source
• Prescaler
• Output compare match output through OC0 for
timer/counter 0 compare match, i.e. PB3, pin 4
• Interrupt on Overflow
– Transition from 255 to 0 can trigger interrupt if
desired
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AVR Timer/Counter 0
OC0, Output Compare Match output:
Whenever TCNT0 equals OCR0 (Output
Compare Register 0), the comparator signals
a match
The PB3 pin can serve as an external output
for the Timer/Counter0 Compare Match. The
PB3 pin has to be configured as an output
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AVR Timer/Counter 1
– 16 Bit
– Dual Comparators A,B (output captures)
– Up Counter
– Interrupt on:
• Overflow
• Compare A/B
• Input Capture of external event on ICP pin.
– Can also act as an 8, 9 or 10 bit PWM UpDown Counter.
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AVR Timer/Counter 1
The Input Capture unit of Timer/Counter captures
external events and gives them a time-stamp
indicating time of occurrence.
The external signal indicating an event, or multiple
events, can be applied via the ICP1 pin or alternatively,
via the Analog Comparator unit.
The time-stamps can then be used to calculate
frequency, duty-cycle, and other features of the signal
applied.
Alternatively the time-stamps can be used for creating
a log of the events.
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Timer 1 and Output Compare
• The AVR has two output compares (OCR1A/B)
– OCR1A/B are 16-bit registers
– When the value of OCR1A/OCR1B matches that of Timer1:
• A user-defined action can take place on the OC1A/OC1B pin
(set/clear/inv) i.e.,(OC1A )PD5 / (OC1B) PD4 need to set as
output
• An interrupt can be triggered
• Timer1 can be cleared to zero
– Once set up, output compares operate continuously without
software intervention
– Great for:
• Precise recurring timing
• Frequency/Tone generation (maybe sound effects)
• All kinds of digital signal generation
– Infrared communications
– Software-driven serial ports
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Timer 1 and PWM
• Pulse-Width Modulation
– Useful for using digital circuits to achieve analoglike control of motors, LEDs, etc
– Timer 1 has two channels of PWM output on OCR1A
and OCR1B
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Timer Control: I/O space
• Timer 0:
– Control Register (TCCR0) for clock selection, external
clock or internal clock, prescaler etc.
– Timer/Counter0 (TCNT0) holding counter value
• Timer 1:
– Control Register A & B (TCCR1A/B)
– Input Capture Register (ICR1)
– Timer/Counter1 Output Compare Register A and B
(OCR1A/B)
– Timer/Counter1 (TCNT1)
• Timer Interrupt Registers (Mask and Flag Registers) are
Common to Both Timers
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AVR Timer/Counter Sources
• Shut Off
• CPU frequency divided by 1,8,64,256,1024
• At 8MHz that’s: 1/8us, 1us, 8us, 32us,
128us
• External Input (rising or falling).
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Interrupts
• Interrupts halt normal code execution in order to go do
something more important or time sensitive
• Interrupt “Handlers”
– Using the Interrupt Vectors
• Interrupts are used for:
– RESET
– Timers and Time-Critical Code
– Hardware signaling
• “I’m done”
• “Something’s happened that you want to know
about”
• “I have something for you”
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Watchdog Timer: reset the MCU
The Watchdog Timer is clocked from a separate
On-chip Oscillator which runs at 1 MHz
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Reading Assignment:
Chapter 1 of Embedded C Programming and the Atmel AVR
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