Revised Syllabus
Physics-Advanced Electronics (60 lectures, 4 credits)
UNIT 1:
(a) Microcontrollers: Overview of the Microcontrollers, 8051 Architectural Block Diagram, Pin
Diagram and Pin Functions, General Purpose and Special Function Registers, Flags, Memory
Organizations, Oscillators Circuits and Timing, Clock, Program Counter and Data Pointer, Input /
Output Ports and Circuits. Counters and Timers, Serial Data Input / Output, Interrupts. Introduction to
Atmel 89C51 and 89C2051 Microcontrollers, RISC and CISC Processors, Assembly Language
Programming, Introduction to Atmel 89C51 & 89C2051 Microcontrollers, Applications of
Microcontrollers.
(b) PIC Microcontrollers: Overview and Features of PIC 16C6X/7X, PIC Reset Actions, PIC Oscillator
Connections, PIC Memory Organization, PIC 16C6X/7X Instructions Addressing Modes, Input /
Output Ports, Interrupts, Timers, Analog to Digital converter.
UNIT 2: ARM Processors and Embedded Systems:
(a) Architectural of ARM Processors: Fundamentals and Architectural Block Diagram of ARM
Processor, Registers, Current Program Status Register, Pipeline, Core Extensions and RISC.
(b) ARM Programming : Instruction Set: Data Processing Instructions, Addressing Modes, Branch,
Load, Store Instructions, PSR Instructions, Conditional Instructions. Thumb Instruction Set: Register
Usage, Other Branch Instructions, Data Processing Instructions, Single-Register and Multi Register
Load-Store Instructions, Stack, Software Interrupt Instructions.
(c) Embedded Systems: What is an embedded system, Embedded System v/s General Computing
System, Classification of Embedded Systems, Purpose of Embedded Systems, Core of the embedded
system Characteristics and quality Attributed of Embedded Systems: Embedded Systems-Application
and Domain– Specific: Washing Machine, Automatic-Domain Specific examples of embedded system.
Design Process and design Examples: Smart Card, Digital Camera, Mobile Phone, A Set of Robots.
UNIT 3: Analog Conditionings and Data Acquisition Systems:
(a) Power Supplies: Overview of Linear Power Supply, Switch Mode Power Supply, Uninterrupted
Power Supply, and Step up and Step down Switching Voltage Regulators.
(b) Inverters: Principle of voltage driven inversion, Principle of current driven inversion, sine wave
inverter, Square wave inverter.
(c) Signal Conditioning: (Overview of Operational Amplifier)
Instrumentation Amplifier using IC, Precision Rectifier, Voltage to Current Converter, Current to
Voltage Converter, Op-Amp Based Active Filters and Multiple Feedback Filters and Voltage
Controlled Oscillator). PLL Characteristics, Analog Multiplexer, Sample and Hold circuits, Analog to
Digital Converters, Digital to Analog Converters, Fourier Transforms, Lock in Detector, Box Car
Integrator.
UNIT 4: Communication Electronics:
(a) Analog and Digital Communications, Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM), Pulse Width
Modulation (PWM), Pulse Position Modulation ( PPM), Time Division Multiplexing (TDM),
Introduction to Digital Modulation (PCM), Modems.
(b) Introduction to optical fibers, wave propagation and total internal reflection in optical fiber,
structure of optical fiber, Types of optical fiber, numerical aperture, acceptance angle, single and
multimode optical fibers, optical fiber materials and fabrication, attenuation, dispersion, multiplexers,
splicing and fiber connectors, fiber sensor, optical sources and optical detectors for optical fiber.
Modulation Characteristics and Driver, fibre optic communication system, Introduction to Optical
Amplifiers.
(c) Microwave Oscillators-Klystron, Reflex Klystron, Magnetron, Gunn Diode, Cavity Resonators, and
Standing Wave Detectors.
Reference Books:
[1].Microprocessor Architecture, programming and Applications with the 8085, Ramesh Gaonkar, 5th
Edition, Penram International Publishing (INDIA) Private Limited.
[2]. The 8051 Microcontroller and Embedded Systems, Muhammad Ali Mazidi, Prentice Hall (Second
Edition).
[3]. Microcontrollers, Ajay V Deshmukh, Tata- Mcgraw Hill Publication.
[4]. The 8051 Microcontroller: Architecture, Programming and Applications, Kenneth J. Ayala.
Thompson Learning (Third Edition).
[5]. The 8051 Microcontroller and Embedded Systems, Rajiv Kapadia, Jaico Publishing House.
[6]. Microcontroller and Embedded Systems, M. A. Mazidi, R. D. McKinlay, D.Causey, Pearson
Education International, 2008.
[7]. Design with PIC Microcontrollers, John B. Peatman, Pearson Education, Asia.
[8]. PIC Microcontroller, R. S Gaonkar, Penram International Publishing (India) Pvt. Ltd.
[9]. Introduction to embedded systems, K. V Shibu. Sixth Reprint 2012, Tata McGraw Hill
[10].Embedded Systems” Architecture, Programming and Design, by Raj Kamal, Second Edition,
McGraw-Hill Companies.
[11]. ARM Systems Developers Guide- Designing and Optimizing system software – Andrew N. Sloss,
Dominic Symes, Chris Wright, 2008.
[12]. Power Electronics and its Applications, Alok Jain, 2nd Edition, Penram International India.
[13]. Op-Amps and Linear Integrated Circuits - R. A. Gayakwad, 3rd Edition Prentice Hall India.
[14]. Operational Amplifiers and Linear Integrated Circuits, Robert F. Coughlin and Frederic F.
Driscoll, 6th Edition, Pearson Education Asia.
[15]. Integrated Circuits, K.R. Botkar, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi.
[16]. Optical Fiber Communications, Keiser, G. Mcgraw Hill, Int. Student Ed.
[17] Light Wave Communication Systems: A Practical Perspective, Rajappa Papannareddy, Penram
International Publishing (India) Pvt. Ltd.
[18]. Electronic Communication Systems; 4th. Ed. Kennedy and Davis, Tata-McGraw Hill,
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