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To March 2, 2011
The Head of Department of ECE,
Selvam College of Technology
Namakkal

Sub: HandsOn Embedded System Design Workshop using PIC Mircrocontroller - contents at a glance.

Dear Sir,

With reference to the above workshop, please find below the contents at a glance.

Objective: To introduce top-down product design approach while learning the Embedded Systems
Programming.

Outcome: The participants will be able to design, program and test the modules. Later the modules may
be integrated to demonstrate the working model.

Target participants: Pre-final year students of ECE/EEE/E&I/Mechatronics.

Pre-requisites: C Programming knowledge.

HandsOn Embedded System Design using PIC Microcontroller

Day Time Topic Comments
9:00am - Introduction to PIC Microcontroller - Embedded C - Target Beginner to
1
4:45pm board - General Purpose IO - Keypad - LCD Programming Intermediate level
9:00am - Real Time Clock - Interrupts - Timers - Serial Communication Intermediate to
2.
5:00pm - ADC - Data logging Advanced contents

Terms:
1. HandsOn will provide the requisite hardware, accessories and training material (soft copy).
2. Selvam College of Technology will provide adequate no of PCs (2 participants per system), audio
- visual equipments.
3. Fees Rs. 500 per participant (minimum 60 participants), payable on completion of the training.

With best regards

Selvaraju M
Director
 Tentative schedule
Day-1: Introduction to PIC Micro Controller Programming
S.
Time Topic Comments
No.
1. 9:00 - 9:30 am Inauguration of the Workshop

2. 9:30 -10:30 am PIC Micro Controller Architecture

3. 10:30 -11:30 am Embedded C using MPLAB IDE

4. 11:30 am - 11:45 am Short Break
Understanding the Target Board and Learning to Program
5. 11:45 - 01:00 pm
the PIC Micro Controller
6. 01:00 - 2:00 pm Lunch Break
7. 2:00 - 3:00 pm Programming LED, key pad
8. 3:00 - 3:15 pm Short Break

9. 3:15 - 4:30 pm Programming LCD

10. 4:40 - 4:45 pm Summary and discussions for Day-1

Day-2: Advanced Programming
11. 9:00 - 10:30am Learning the RTC fundamentals

12. 10:30 - 11:30am Programming the RTC

13. 11:30 - 11:45am Short Break

14. 11:45 - 1:00pm Learning and Programming Interrupts
15. 1:00 - 2:00pm Lunch Break
Learning and Programming Timer and Serial
16. 2:00 - 3:30pm
Communication with PC
17. 3:30 - 3:45pm Short Break

18. 3:45 - 4:30pm Learning and Programming ADC and data logging
19. 4:30 - 5:00pm Valediction