Supporting Students in Assembler-Level Programming of Processors for Embedded Applications

Ian Grout, Alexandre César Rodrigues da Silva

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Abstract

In this paper, the role of different laboratory scenarios (local and remote) are considered for the teaching and learning of processor-based embedded systems. Specifically, the development of teaching and learning approaches to microcontroller programming using assembly code (assembler-level) programming techniques, along with C with embedded assembly code, will be presented and discussed. For the student demographics considered (academic level, motivation, and personal circumstances that may include limited ability to obtain physical hardware), different means to access the core content and laboratory resources for practical work are identified and elaborated with the student requirements and accessibility as a focus. The target hardware is the ubiquitous Arduino UNO platform since due to its available online support, low-cost, robustness, and availability. For at-presence teaching and learning, both the Arduino Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and the Microchip Studio environments are utilized as two means for students to access and program the microcontroller hardware. For remote teaching and learning, a simple web page based on HTML, PHP, JavaScript has been prototyped and will be presented.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOpen Science in Engineering - Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation
EditorsMichael E. Auer, Reinhard Langmann, Thrasyvoulos Tsiatsos
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages187-195
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783031424663
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event20th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation: Open Science in Engineering, REV 2023 co-organized with the International Edunet World Conference, IEWC 2023 - Thessaloniki, Greece
Duration: 1 Mar 20233 Mar 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume763 LNNS
ISSN (Print)2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)2367-3389

Conference

Conference20th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation: Open Science in Engineering, REV 2023 co-organized with the International Edunet World Conference, IEWC 2023
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityThessaloniki
Period1/03/233/03/23

Keywords

  • accessibility
  • assembly code
  • Programming

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