United States Naval Academy
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

EC361: Microcomputer-Based Design

Course Description


A principles-based foundation to the concepts and techniques used in analyzing and designing traditional and microprocessor-based digital systems. The student will acquire a detailed understanding of the system bus; the architecture and interfacing of various processor, memory, and input-output elements; the instruction set; and assembly-language programming. Emphasis is on concepts that will have long-term value. This course is supported by a continually updated laboratory.

Prerequisite:  EC262 or EE313 or EE332.