1. Final Exam Review Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECE 2560
Final Exam Review
Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering
The Ohio State University
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2. Time When???? Friday December 12th – This Friday 4:00pm to 5:45pm
Open book – Open Notes
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3. On exam All items from all lectures Binary Number System
The MSP 430 architecture
The MSP 430 Instruction Set
Simple code segments
The sections of a program in Code Composer
Subroutines
Timing of instructions
Digital I/O
Interrupts and Interrupt Service Routines
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4. Binary Number System Base 2 to Base 10 conversion
Adding, subtracting, and multiplying in base 2.
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5. The MSP 430 architecture The register set Memory organization
ALU operations supported
Peripheral Devices
Ports and I/O
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6. Code segments Know how to show results from a few instructions
Given a specification of the task, write a code segment of a few instructions to complete it.
Know what “busy waiting” is.
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7. Code Composer Know how to “end” your program
Know how to specify data variables for your program.
Know how to set up and create and Interrupt service routine.
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8. Subroutines Know how to pass arguments to subroutines.
In registers, in data variables, on the stack
Know what side effects means and why subroutines should have no side effects.
Know what re-entrant means and the requirements for making a subroutine re-entrant.
Know how to pass arguments and results from subroutines on the stack.
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9. Timing
Know how to use the reference material to determine the number of cycles required by instructions.
Know how to analyze a section of code for min and max execution time.
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10. Digital I/O Know what is supported on the MSP430
Know how to set up ports for input and/or output, ie, how to configure a port.
Know which ports are configurable for interrupts and how to do it.
Know how to use the flags register of a port to check the status of a port using busy waiting.
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11. Interrupts Know what ISR are and how to set them up in Code Composer.
Know the sequence of actions that happen when servicing an interrupt.
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