Roadmap / Firmware

Goal Choose and implement links between chips, PCs and other controllers.

• IntermediateLevel
• about 5 weeksat one hour a day
• 12topics
• 7labs

1. 01
   Serial basics3D lab

   Synchronous and asynchronous, full and half duplex, single-ended and differential.

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2. 02
   UART3D lab

   Communication at an agreed speed without a clock. Frame structure and baud-rate error.

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3. 03
   RS-232, RS-422, RS-4853D lab

   Voltage levels and differential signalling that carry UART over distance.

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4. 04
   SPI3D lab

   Exchanging data on a shared clock. Four modes and multiple slaves.

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5. 05
   I2C3D lab

   Many chips on two wires. Addresses, ACK and choosing pull-up resistors.

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6. 06
   CAN3D lab

   The automotive bus where the lowest ID wins on two differential wires.

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7. 07
   CAN FD3D lab

   Up to 64 data bytes, with a faster data phase.

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8. 08
   LIN

   A low-cost vehicle network where one master polls in turn.

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9. 09
   USB basics

   Descriptors, endpoints, and a virtual serial port with CDC.

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10. 10
    Ethernet and TCP/IP

    MAC, PHY, IP, TCP: networking from an MCU.

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11. 11
    Wireless

    Range, speed and power of BLE, Wi-Fi and LoRa.

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12. 12
    Protocol design

    Header, length, CRC, retransmission: writing your own rules.

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