Information on individual educational components (ECTS-Course descriptions) per semester

  
Degree programme:Bachelor Mechatronics Fulltime
Type of degree:FH Bachelor´s Degree Programme
 Full-time
 Winter Semester 2025
  

Course unit titleApplied Digital Technology
Course unit code074703054204
Language of instructionEnglish
Type of course unit (compulsory, optional)Compulsory
Semester when the course unit is deliveredWinter Semester 2025
Teaching hours per week1
Year of study2025
Level of course unit (e.g. first, second or third cycle)First Cycle (Bachelor)
Number of ECTS credits allocated2
Name of lecturer(s)Horatiu O. PILSAN


Prerequisites and co-requisites

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

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