Microprocessors and Toys:
An Introduction to Computing Systems

Engineering 100 (section 250), Winter 2012

Lecture notes (Chen)	Lecture notes (Hildinger)
Introduction Digital logic Stored-program computers Implementing digital logic; general-purpose computers Statistics Computer science and engineering	Introduction Persuasion and proposals Presentations TC midterm review podcast Citations and progress reports Accuracy, organization, and plain language Visuals Final reports (supplement 1 and supplement 2) TC final review podcast

Lab assignments	Technical communications assignments
Lab 1: Introduction to Altera DE2 and Quartus   (submit) Lab 2: Combinational logic and connecting components   (submit) Lab 3: Registers and memory   (submit) Lab 4: Hardware encryptor/decryptor   (submit) Lab 5: E100 part 1   (submit) Lab 6: E100 part 2   (submit) Lab 7: I/O devices   (submit) Lab 8: Educational toy   (submit)	Student information form Style sheet for written assignments TC 1: Introductory essay   (submit) TC 2: Memo about educational toys   (submit) TC 3: Project proposal   (submit) TC 4: Proposal presentation   (submit) Peer evaluations #1 TC 5: Progress report   (submit) TC 6: Ethics presentations TC 7 and 8: Final reports   (TC 7 submit) (TC 8 submit) Peer evaluations #2

Lab resources	General course resources
top.qsf (configuration data for DE2) Installing Quartus on your computer Quartus tutorial DE2 user manual Verilog tutorial and reference manual Hexadecimal-decimal converter ase100 Linux Windows Digital audio Manipulating binary data files Creating bitmapped images for the E100	Course syllabus Using computers in ENGR 100 CAEN FAQs (Unix, AFS, printing, etc.) Guide to SVN Midterm (CSE portion) sample 1 and sample 2 Midterm (TC portion) sample Final (CSE portion) sample 1 and sample 2. Note that the I/O protocol used in prior semesters differs from the I/O protocol used this semester. Final (TC portion) sample

Instructors
Peter Chen 4640 CSE Erik Hildinger 323 EPB Mimi Adam 311 EPB Kelly Rohan 324 EPB
Lohit Yerva 2431 EECS Jialin Li 2431 EECS Zach Renner 2431 EECS Kelsey Rosenthal 2431 EECS