Applied Digital Technology

Degree programme Electronics and Information Technology Dual
Subject area Engineering Technology
Type of degree Bachelor part-time
Type of course unit (compulsory, optional) Compulsory
Course unit code 074703054204
Teaching units 15
Year of study 2025
Name of lecturer(s) Horatiu O. PILSAN
Requirements and Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of digital circuits and of C-programming

 

Course content
  • Application of a capture-compare timer
  • Use of a programmable device
  • Types of on-board communication
  • Serial transmission types (UART, SPI, I²C)
  • Circuit design
Learning outcomes

After successful completion of the course, the students are able to:

  • use a capture-compare timer for controlling peripherals
  • solve simple tasks with a programmable device.
  • explain the differences between the types of on-board communication.
  • select a suitable on-board communication for a given application.
  • develop a circuit that connects a microcontroller system with various peripheral components.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
  • Interactive lectures
  • Self-guided learning
  • Laboratory exercises
  • Project work
Assessment methods and criteria
  • Collaboration
  • Project presentation
  • Project assessment
Comment

None

Recommended or required reading
  • Gehrke, Winfried; Winzker, Marco (2022): Digitaltechnik. Grundlagen, VHDL, FPGAs, Mikrocontroller. 8., überarbeitete und aktualisierte Auflage. Wiesbaden: Springer Vieweg.
  • Bähring, Helmut (2014): Anwendungsorientierte Mikroprozessoren. Mikrocontroller und Digitale Signalprozessoren. 4., vollständig überarbeitete Auflage. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face, distance learning)

Face-to-face