Pre-class Assignment

No readings, work on labs 3 and 4!

Announcements

• Lab 4 out, will be due April 4th
  • Parts pick up from me after class

Learning Objectives and Outcomes

In this lecture, you will...

• finish up a design exercise comparing the PWM method and the sine wave method

By the end of this lecture, you should be able to...

• discuss the design considerations involved in designing a simple digital synthesizer
• discuss trade offs between serial and parallel implementations in microcontrollers
• complete the rest of lab 4

Lecture Content

Lab 4 Deep Dive: Creating A Digital Synthesizer

• [ ] See Lecture 15
• [ ] Discuss lab 4 timer code

Lab 4 Deep Dive: Serial vs. Parallel Communication Design Exercise

Lab 4 LCD Overview

We will be using a basic, 16 pin LCD to display information to the user: