ECE Florida Electronic Connections: Advising hours for the week 4/10/2017

Monday, April 10, 2017

Advising hours for the week 4/10/2017

Good Morning EE Students:

Walk-in advising hours:
Monday and Tuesday appointments only
Wednesday 10-12 and 1-4
Thursday 10-12 and 1-4
Friday 10-12 and 1-2

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The department has evaluated the resources available to provide additional seats in EEL3701C for both Summer and Fall 2017. Based on this evaluation, the department has determined that we have the capability to accommodate additional students in both semesters. Please check ONE.UF sometime this afternoon (after 12:30PM) to check for open seating in either term. We will continue to evaluate our enrollment demands and will notify you via email if we are able to make any additional changes.

Please do NOT contact your academic advisor for assistance in registering for this course. Once a section has filled, it cannot be over-enrolled. You will simply need to check ONE.UF on a regular basis to see if other students have adjusted their schedules. There WILL NOT be a waitlist for EEL3701C for either term.

Your patience and cooperation is appreciated.

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The ECE department will be teaching a new course, EEL 4930- Microprocessor Applications II, during the Fall 2017. The course description and objectives are listed below (the course syllabus is also attached here for your reference):

CATALOG DESCRIPTION
Implementation of a Real-Time Operating System on an ARM Cortex-M processor to create more robust, secure and complex microprocessor applications. Introduction to IoT applications with special topics covering security and trust.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
To understand the benefits of using an RTOS (Real-Time Operating System) on a microcontroller. Students will also learn about the architecture of ARM Cortex-M based microprocessors. Students will learn the basic components of an RTOS including both background and event threads, thread scheduling algorithms, inter-process communication, thread priority, and synchronization/mutual exclusion via semaphores. Students will also learn how to design embedded C software driver libraries for peripherals such as I2C RGB LEDs drivers and a resistive, pixel-based touchscreen. Students will conclude the course by interfacing with a CC3100 Wi-Fi chip to create an IoT application, with an emphasis on security.

This course has limited enrollment, so students will need to be approved by me, the course instructor, in order to enroll. Those interested in enrolling will need to send an email directly to me (yier.jin@ece.ufl.edu) no later than 5pm on April 19 with the following information:

Name:
UFID:
Grade Received in EEL 3744C:
Major GPA:
In a couple of sentences, explain why you want to take this course:

Please feel free to contact me if you have any additional questions.