Below is a preview of our week-by-week plan for the entire quarter. There may be slight adjustments and rearrangements as we go. The schedule for the final project is set and will not change.
In the readings below, K&R refers to Kernighan and Ritchie's classic text The C Programming Language (accessible via Stanford's subscription to Safari Books Online). Nick Parlante's EssentialC is another great C reference. Please do the recommended readings before lecture for best effect!
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Week 1 | ||
Lecture Mon 1/9 |
Introduction and Welcome
( slides)
Readings:
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Lab/assign |
Lab 0: Orientation
( writeup)
Please do the Lab 0 prelab preparation before coming to lab. |
Assignment 0: Git oriented ( writeup) |
Lecture Fri 1/13 |
ARM processor and architecture
( slides, code )
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Week 2 | ||
Lecture Mon 1/16 |
ARM assembly and machine code
( slides, code )
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Lab/assign |
Lab 1: Setup your Raspberry Pi
( writeup)
Please do the Lab 1 prelab preparation before coming to lab. |
Assignment 1: Implement a Larson Scanner ( writeup) |
Lecture Fri 1/20 |
From Assembly to C
( slides, code )
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Week 3 | ||
Lecture Mon 1/23 |
C Pointers and Arrays
( slides, code )
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Lab/assign |
Lab 2: Below C Level
( writeup)
Prelab to prep before lab. |
Assignment 2: Implement a Clock ( writeup) |
Lecture Fri 1/27 |
C Functions
( slides, code )
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Week 4 | ||
Lecture Mon 1/30 |
Communication and the Serial Protocol
( slides, code )
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Lab/assign |
Lab 3: Debugging and Testing
( writeup)
Prelab to prep before lab. |
Assignment 3: Implement a String Formatting Library ( writeup) |
Lecture Fri 2/3 |
Modules, Libraries, and Linking
( slides, code )
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Week 5 | ||
Lecture Mon 2/6 |
Memory Management
( slides, code )
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Lab/assign |
Lab 4: Linked and Loaded
( writeup)
Prelab to prep before lab. |
Assignment 4: Backtrace and Malloc ( writeup) |
Lecture Fri 2/10 |
C Mastery
( slides, code )
We've crossed the halfway point! We will use this lecture to catch-up/expand on lecture content covered lightly on first pass, and discuss how to further your mastery of C. Readings:
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Week 6 | ||
Lecture Mon 2/13 |
Keyboards and the PS/2 Protocol
( slides, code )
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Lab/assign |
Lab 5: Keyboard Surfin'
( writeup)
Prelab to prep before lab. |
Assignment 5: Keyboard and Simple Shell ( writeup) |
Lecture Fri 2/17 |
Graphics and the framebuffer ( slides, code ) | |
Week 7 | ||
Lecture Mon 2/20 |
Presidents Day | |
Lab/assign |
Lab 6: Drawing into the Framebuffer
( writeup)
Prelab to prep before lab. |
Assignment 6: Graphics Library and Console ( writeup) |
Lecture Fri 2/24 |
Interrupts
( slides, code )
In this first lecture on interrupts, we'll focus on the low-level mechanics and what needs to happen at the assembly level to enable and process an interrupt.
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Week 8 | ||
Lecture Mon 2/27 |
Interrupts, cont'd
( slides, code )
Now we move up to the higher-level abstractions for interrupts, including library support for managing interrupt handlers and best practices for interrupt-safe code.
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Lab/assign |
Lab 7: Raspberry Pi, Interrupted
( writeup)
Prelab to prep before lab. |
Assignment 7: System Monitor with Interrupts ( writeup) |
Lecture Fri 3/3 |
Sensors
( slides, code )
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Week 9 | ||
Lecture Mon 3/6 |
Project design and future adventures
( slides)
Anna and Liana will lead a joint session on planning for final project and looking ahead to future adventures. |
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Lab/assign |
Lab 8: Project Team Meeting 1
( writeup)
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Final Project ( writeup) |
Lecture Fri 3/10 |
Computer Arithmetic
( slides, code )
Representation of signed and unsigned numbers, types and type conversion. |
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Week 10 | ||
Lecture Mon 3/13 |
Multithreading and memory systems | |
Lab/assign |
Lab 9: Project Team Meeting 2
( writeup)
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Lecture Fri 3/17 |
Wrap or There and Back Again
( slides)
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Week 11 | ||
Final Project Demo session Fri 3/24 at 9:00 am Code submission due Fri 3/24 at 11:59 pm |