INTRODUCTION TO MAE 412

Staff: Prof. Michael Littman, mlittman@princeton.edu, x 8-5198
Books: 

• Microprocessor Systems Engineering, by R.C. Camp, T.A. Smay, and C.J. Triska (out of print) - available on e-reserve at Engineering Library
• The Art of Electronics, by P. Horowitz, and W. Hill (optional)
• TTL Cookbook, by D. Lancaster (optional)
• MAE-NTRAK System Manual (2 Vols.) (avail online)

Lecture:

• Course Syllabus -- review deadlines
• Review of Student Projects -- video retrospective, basic board plan-view (old file)
• Project Criteria -- Sense-Actuate-Sequence, Robust Operation, Meet Specs, Documentation
• Demonstration of proto-board Computer
• Intro to Computer Architecture -- bits, nibbles, bytes, words, memory organization
• Demonstration of Rockwell AIM65 Microcomputer - one line assembler - LOAD/STORE program
• Demonstration of one line assembler using DEBUG on Windows/DOS machines
• Combinatorial Logic (NAND, NOR, XOR, INVERT) and the Logic Gate Emulator program
• Demonstration of HORNBY system and MAE/N-TRAK concept (Will be done down in G105)

• Review digital logic from past courses (MAE 224)
• Study Reference Cards (AIM65 Summary, R6500 Programmer)