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GE110 -- Detailed Objectives

Week 1
  1. Define embedded system.
  2. List example embedded systems.
  3. Define hardware.
  4. Define software.
  5. Define firmware.
  6. Draw the basic embedded system (BEMS) model.
  7. Define transducer.
  8. Define actuator.
  9. Define sensor.
  10. List example actuators and example sensors.
  11. List the two primary functions of signal conditioning circuits.
  12. List the five components of any computer system.
  13. Compare and contrast microprocessors and microcontrollers.
  14. State the first commercial microprocessor including year of introduction.
  15. List common microprocessors and microcontrollers.
  16. Define operating system.
  17. List example operating systems.
  18. Summarize the role of computer engineering and software engineers.
Week 2
  1. Define engineering problem solving.
  2. Define requirement.
  3. Define constraint.
  4. Define feasible/infeasible solution.
  5. List and define the five steps in the engineering problems solving process.
  6. Apply the five-step process to basic problems.
  7. Contrast procedural programming with functional programming.
  8. Define visual programming.
  9. List examples of visual programming languages.
  10. Define algorithm.
  11. Define control flow.
  12. Define selection.
  13. Define iteration.
  14. List the basic flowchart shapes and their purposes.
  15. Draw a flowchart using selection, iteration, and I/O given a familiar problem.
Week 3
  1. Define a plant.
  2. Define open loop control.
  3. Define closed loop control.
  4. Define feedback.
  5. Define bang-bang control.
  6. Define proportional control.
  7. Define integral control.
  8. Define derivative control (PID).
  9. List three kinds of plants.
  10. Explain the role of feedback in a controller.
  11. Explain how a bang-bang controller works.
  12. Explain how a proportional controller works.
  13. Explain how a integral controller works.
  14. Explain how a derivative controller works.
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