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Firmware 101:

Welcome to Midnight Sun Firmware!

Saturday Sept 11th, 2021MitchellMay 7th

(1:45-4:45pm)

• Introduction to Firmware

• Systems Overview

• How we are working remotely?

High-level and general introduction for new and interested members.

Firmware 102:

Firmware 101 Continued!

Saturday Sept 18th, 2021

Mitchell

• Project Overview

• Controller Boards

• Project Structure: Writing code, data structures, etc.

• Testing and Validation

• Collaboration: GitHub

Embedded programs and libraries

Saturday May 14th

(1:45-4:45pm)

• Datasheets

• GPIO

• Interrupts

• ADCs

To familiarize new members with the tools we use as well as the GPIO and Software required for development.

• Follow the “Software 101” Tutorial [LINK]

• (Optional) In preparation for next tutorial or for your own interest, you can watch the following videos:

  • GPIO

  • Interrupts

  • ADCs

and libraries we use

• C Programming

• Git

• Shell

Make sure to watch Part 1 and Part 2

Firmware 103:

Introduction to Hardware LibrariesFreeRTOS

Saturday Sept 25th, 2021

Avery

• Datasheets

• GPIO

• Interrupts

• ADCs

May 21th

(1:45-4:45pm)

• Tasks

• Queues

To familiarize members with the integration between Firmware and Software, required hardware libraries, and embedded ports basics.

• Datasheets & Hardware Schematics Worksheet

• Tutorial Project 1: Buttons and ADCs

• (Optional) In preparation for next tutorial or for your own interest, you can watch the following videos:

  • CAN

• Sample Datasheet for AFE

• GPIO

• Interrupts

• ADCs

Firmware 104:

Inter-board Communication

Saturday Oct 2nd, 2021

Mitchell

• CAN

• Code Generation

• I²C & SPI

Understanding communication protocols.

• CAN

• Codegen Tooling

Firmware 105:

Architecture

Saturday Oct 9th, 2021

Avery

• FSMs

• Event Queues

• Architecture

Understanding the architecture of a firmware project.

(Optional) Review tutorial videos.

• FSM/Event Queue

• Centre Console

Firmware 106:

MSXIV’s Firmware

(New this term!)

Saturday Oct 16th, 2021

Ryan

• General overview of each project

• How the car turns on, turns off, drives, charges, etc.

A high-level understanding of how the MSXIV firmware system works.

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Concurrency, peripherals, and Project Design

Saturday May 28th

(1:45-4:45pm)

• Concurrency Features

• SPI and I2C

• Project design concepts

More advanced FreeRTOS concepts, and how they apply to our projects