UNIT 1:
8051 Interfacing, Applications and serial communication 8051 interfacing to ADC and DAC, Stepper motor interfacing, Timer/ counter functions, 8051 based data acquisition system 8051 connections to RS-232, 8051 Serial communication , Serial communication modes, Serial communication programming, Serial port programming in C.

UNIT 2:
Microcontroller 8096 Introduction to 16-bit Microcontroller, functional block-diagram, memory status, complete 8096 instruction set, classification of instruction set, addressing modes, programming examples using 8096, hardware features of 8096,parallel ports, control &status Registers, Introduction to 16/32 bit PIC microcontrollers and DSPIC.

UNIT 3:
Introduction to Embedded Systems:
Definition of embedded system, embedded systems vs. general computing systems, history of embedded systems, classification, major application areas, purpose of embedded systems, characteristics and quality attributes of embedded systems, common design metrics, and processor technology: general purpose processor, application specific processor, single purpose processor.

UNIT 4:
Embedded System Architecture:
Von Neumann v/s Harvard architecture, instruction set architecture, CISC and RISC instructions set architecture, basic embedded processor, microcontroller architecture, CISC & RISC examples: 8051, ARM, DSP processors.

UNIT 5:
Input Output and Peripheral Devices
Timers and counters, watchdog timers, interrupt controllers, PWM, keyboard controller, analog to digital converters, real time clock.