INEL 4206 - Microprocessors I

Thomas L. Noack Office: S-405, Tel. X3652 noack@ece.uprm.edu

Class News Please note – the dates in this index have been updated, other pages still have the old dates Because of my editing errors I am cancelling exam III – an in-class exam will be held to replace it, probably just after thanksgiving Test grades and averages (Fall 2009, Exam I only) blog (Experimental) Class picture 7:30 section
Class Information Course Outline and Schedule Daily index of lecture topics and slides Course policies Significant dates Exam I – September 29 – 7:30-9:30 pm – S-204 review answers (Fall 2009) Assignment I - ungraded practice Should be finished before September 17 Assignment II – October 6 (Fall 2009) – February 19 is pseudoMonday) Assignment III - ungraded practice (8086) (Fall 2005 - a sample, now) Exam II – It never happened review answers (Spring 2008) Assignment IV (to be revised) – November 24 Exam III – November 17  review answers (Fall 2009) Assignment V (to be revised) – December 5 Final Exam – Not yet known review answers (Spring 2008)	Class and Office Hours Section 016 – S-206 Tuesday, Thursday  7:30-8:45 am Office Hours Tuesday, Thursday 1:45 PM – 5:00 PM Also I am often available in the universal hour Tuesday and Thursday 10:30 am – 12:30 pm (for in-office consultation I suggest calling on X3652 or emailing and will normally see you any time I am in the office).  I will answer questions after class or between classes in the classroom, but not when it interferes with the next class given by another professor. email me (I am easily available by email, even at odd times such as evenings and weekends)
Supplementary Information Labs from previous semesters Lecture transparencies in both formats (includes older slides) Exams from previous semesters Wikibooks links o For MIPS, use http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/MIPS_Assembly o For 8086 start at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/X86_Assembly/Resources SPIM examples (mine) 8086 examples (Antonakos) (not mine) Book and other references Randall Hyde textbook - ArtOfAssembly (link fixed – thanks to Jorge Merced) MIPS Assembly Text from Wikibooks Hennessy and Patterson Computer Organization Homepage The MIPS instruction set by groups (text file) MIPS assembler and instructions (warning - large (256K) file The Intel 80x86 instruction set (pdf file) Brey's (the older textbook, latest edition) Homepage  MIPS tutorial (courtesy of Ricardo Veguilla)	Laboratory Happy hour selectees (Click here for list) Open laboratories -  Incadel (S-105)  SPIM simulator and MASM Amadeus (S-121) has SPIM simulator (Linux version) Download SPIM simulator for windows How to use each of the assembler packages Hennessy and Patterson Appendix A - SPIM SPIM simulator website - downloads and instructions Assembling in 5.10 - Prof. Vidya Manian Assembling in MASM 6.11 Finding the assembler in INCADEL/CRAI