Firmware Tutorials Schedule F2020

Firmware 101:

Welcome to Midnight Sun Firmware!

Monday September 14th, 2020

• 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 September 19th, 2020

• Project Overview

• Controller Boards

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

• Testing and Validation

• Collaboration: GitHub

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

• C Programming

• Git

• Shell

Make sure to watch Part 1 and Part 2

Firmware 103:

Introduction to Hardware Libraries

Saturday September 26th, 2020

• Datasheets

• GPIO

• Interrupts

• ADCs

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 October 3rd, 2020

• CAN

• Code Generation

• I²C & SPI

Understanding communication protocols.

• Tutorial Project 2: CAN

• Read written tutorial for Code Generation

• Validation Task Assignments

• CAN

• Codegen Tooling

Firmware 105:

Architecture

Saturday October 10th, 2020 (subject to change, reading week)

• FSMs

• Event Queues

• Architecture

(Optional) Review tutorial videos.

• FSM/Event Queue

• Centre Console