At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Describe the hardware architecture of a microcontroller and the differences between microcontroller and general purpose PC
• Program the microcontroller in C language to perform specific task
• Describe and write program to perform digital input / output control to devices, such as switches, sensor, LEDs, 7-segment displays, LCDs, etc
• Understand the use of various control structures to perform different control tasks
• Understand serial communication and write program to control subsystem via the serial interface
• Describe and manipulate analog input and output with microcontroller
• Understand PWM and program the microcontroller to generate PWM signal to control device such as motor or light

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Trainer's Profile

Lim Yew Kin is the senior manager of the Autonomous Mobility Centre in Mechanical Engineering Division, School of Engineering of Ngee Ann Polytechnic.

The centre’s focus is on the development of unmanned systems such as the self-driving vehicle. On top of managing the centre and research works, he also teaches Microcontroller and interfacing techniques to the Automation and Mechatronic System Diploma course. Yew Kin has been a full-time lecturer with the Polytechnic since 1991 teaching System Design, Java programming, C programming, Database Design, Electrical and Electronic Technology, etc.

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Ngee Ann Polytechnic reserves the right to reschedule / cancel any programme, modify the fees and amend information without prior notice.

• No prior knowledge is required for this course.
• Applicants with some basic knowledge of electronic/electrical is preferred.