Examples of electronic communication systems presented in block-diagram form may include television systems, satellite communications, radar, digital communication used in telephones, and radio aids to navigation. Students will be required to do some basic system calculations, such as those relating to alternating current waves, power, decibels, signal to noise ratio, side bands, and path loss. Its focus is programming from an assembler language perspective and the way in which hardware devices are interfaced to a Motorola microcontroller. Topics include microcontroller concepts, assemblers and disassemblers, instruction set, addressing modes, registers and their purpose, programming concepts, subroutines, interrupts and subsystems. Lab work is in a networked environment, requiring students to have a basic knowledge of Windows 98 and to know how to retrieve information from remote locales.
Strong emphasis is placed upon lab exercises including circuit construction and verification.
Topics include number systems, combinational logic including NAND and NOR gates, truth tables, code conversion, priority encoders, decoders, multivibrators including monostable, bistable and astable, adders and subtractors, shift registers, memory devices, and the use of the appropriate equipment to verify and troubleshoot a circuit. This course is designed to give participants a solid foundation that will enable them to use Adobe FrameMaker, a preferred publishing software for technical writers. This course will provide detailed information on the creation of Windows Help files. It presents the concepts of online documentation, reviews Microsoft Word skills that are specific to creating online documentation, and discusses some of the issues around writing for this medium. Some instruction on third-party help authoring tools will also be provided.