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GE110 -- Detailed Objectives
Week 1
- Define embedded system.
- List example embedded systems.
- Define hardware.
- Define software.
- Define firmware.
- Draw the basic embedded system (BEMS) model.
- Define transducer.
- Define actuator.
- Define sensor.
- List example actuators and example sensors.
- List the two primary functions of signal conditioning circuits.
- List the five components of any computer system.
- Compare and contrast microprocessors and microcontrollers.
- State the first commercial microprocessor including year of introduction.
- List common microprocessors and microcontrollers.
- Define operating system.
- List example operating systems.
- Summarize the role of computer engineering and software engineers.
Week 2
- Define engineering problem solving.
- Define requirement.
- Define constraint.
- Define feasible/infeasible solution.
- List and define the five steps in the engineering problems
solving process.
- Apply the five-step process to basic problems.
- Contrast procedural programming with functional programming.
- Define visual programming.
- List examples of visual programming languages.
- Define algorithm.
- Define control flow.
- Define selection.
- Define iteration.
- List the basic flowchart shapes and their purposes.
- Draw a flowchart using selection, iteration, and I/O given a
familiar problem.
Week 3
- Define a plant.
- Define open loop control.
- Define closed loop control.
- Define feedback.
- Define bang-bang control.
- Define proportional control.
- Define integral control.
- Define derivative control (PID).
- List three kinds of plants.
- Explain the role of feedback in a controller.
- Explain how a bang-bang controller works.
- Explain how a proportional controller works.
- Explain how a integral controller works.
- Explain how a derivative controller works.
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