©2002 CSU, Chico Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECE 086: Processor Architecture and Assembly Language Programming,
Spring Semester, 2002

Instructor: Dr. Zenor contact information:
OCNL 318, zenor@ecst.csuchico.edu

Lab Instructor: Peter Sullivan contact information:
OCNL 341, mrsub@ecst.csuchico.edu

Class Schedule:

Lecture	TR	2:00-2:50 PM	Tmp B-5
Activity1	T	9:00-10:50 AM	OCNL 346
Activity2	R	9:00-10:50 AM	OCNL 346

Textbook:

68000 Family Assembly Language, Alan Clements,, PWS, ISBN: 0-534-93275-4

Topics:

Week	Topic	Activity
1	Organization of computer systems	System components
		Memory organization and direct addressing
		Bus architecture
		Fetch-execute cycle
2	Number systems	Representation of signed and unsigned numbers
		Conversion between bases
		Arithmetic and logical operations on signed and unsigned numbers
		Overflow and carry in numbers of limited length
3-5	Addressing Modes	Details of 68000 addressing modes
6	Assembly Programs	Format of assembly programs, assembly seudo-operations
7-9	Assembly language instructions	Arithmetic
		Logical
		Decision and control
10-12	Structure of assembly language programs	Use of modularity and comments to promote program understanding
		Common program structures
		Subroutines and argument passing
		Macros
		Stack frames
14-15	Input/Output	Memory-mapped I/O
		Interrupts
		Timing
16	Floating point	Representation of floating-point numbers
17	Final

Grading Policy:

Mid Term Exam #1	15%
Mid Term Exam #2	20%
Final	25%
Class Participation, Quizzes	15%
Lab Reports	25%

Class Expenses:

Occasional purchases of required class materials from a local copy service. A lab card must be purchased if evening access to the lab computers is desired.

Plagerism:

Any plagiarism on tests or lab work will be reported to the school disciplinary authorities and will result in a zero score for the pertinent assignment. It is encouraged for students to study together and to help each other, but each student must hand in their own work.

Lab Work:

Lab work will be done by teams of 2 students. There will be 6 lab assignments. One student will be responsible for each report, and the responsibility will alternate between the members for each lab report. Each lab report will clearly indicate the student who is responsible for the report, and include the names of other team members. Lab reports will be due at the beginning of the 2nd lab following the lab start date, and 30% will be deducted for each week late.

All lab reports must be submitted to pass the course. All but one of the lab projects must be functional and meet basic project requirements to pass the course.