Cornell MCU course videos free

[ptricks]

They have made the cornell MCU course videos free online. This covers a lot of information
 Doesn't get much better than this for learning online for free.

http://www.infocobuild.com/education/audio-video-courses/electronics/ece4760-spring2012-cornell.html
Lecture 01 - Course Introduction   
Lecture 02 - MCU and Lab 1   
Lecture 03 - Timer Example
Lecture 04 - Timer and LCD Examples
Lecture 05 - LCD Code and Button Debounce   
Lecture 06 - More Timer Examples   
Lecture 07 - DMM Lab 2   
Lecture 08 - Lab 2 and ADC Intro   
Lecture 09 - Lab 2 Circuitry   
Lecture 10 - Lab 2 Questions   
Lecture 11 - Questions and Keypad Scanning   
Lecture 12 - ADC and DDS   
Lecture 13 - Lab 3 FM Audio Synthesis   
Lecture 14 - Audio synthesis   
Lecture 15 - Noise Generator, DDS, PWM   
Lecture 16 - Audio Synthesis and PWM   
Lecture 17 - Keypad Scan State Machine   
Lecture 18 - Motors and Lab 4
Lecture 19 - Preemptive Kernel and Lab 4
Lecture 20 - Preemptive Kernel Example
Lecture 21 - Lab 4 and PID Control
Lecture 22 - Lab 4 Motors and PID
Lecture 23 - Random Thoughts Before Spring Break
Lecture 24 - Final Project Constraints
Lecture 25 - Project and USART
Lecture 26 - USART and RF
Lecture 27 - SPI
Lecture 28 - TWI (I2C)
Lecture 29 - Motor Types
Lecture 30 - Sensors
Lecture 31 - Sensors and Amplifiers
Lecture 32 - Safety Discussion
Lecture 33 - Plagiarism Discussion
Lecture 34 - Assembly Language Intro

[sorin]

thank you

[poptones]

This looks like a lot of fun... unless you're actually taking the course.

What's with the no library part? Cornell doesn't have a library any more?

[TriodeTiger]

Thank you! I tend to need some concrete structure to kick in the knowledge I've patched together.

[mark5009]

I love this part of the Course Overview;

 Purpose

The purpose of this course is to enable students to carry out sophisticated designs of the modern digital systems which now appear in products such as automobiles, appliances and industrial tools. The basis of such systems is the microcontroller, a microcomputer optimized for single-chip system design by possessing many peripheral devices geared to real-time applications. The microcontrollers we will use are the Atmel MEGA series RISC microcontrollers.

This course is a design course. This means that we will expect you to show considerable creativity, flexibility, and motivation.
In particular you will need to:

    Hit the web and even go to the library to find your own answers to questions you have.
    Read and understand every aspect of manufacturer's data sheets for a variety of devices.
    Read class-related email daily. You are responsible for any course information communicated by email.
    Use material from many of the courses you have taken at Cornell. Dig out those old textbooks and stack them on the corner of your desk. Topics from ECE 2100, 3010, 3020, 3100, 3140, 4450, 4750, or 4880 may be useful in this course, particularly depending on the final project you choose.
    Find solutions on your own from incomplete specifications. The lab assignments become more open-ended as the semester progresses. Clever, efficient solutions will be rewarded.

In other words, we are trying to make it a little like the real world.

[george graves]

Read and understand every aspect of manufacturer's data sheets for a variety of devices.

That's almost laughable.

[IanB]

Read and understand every aspect of manufacturer's data sheets for a variety of devices.

That's almost laughable.

Why?

[SherlockOhms]

Wow, not only that course, but I started browsing some of the other available courses. Amazing resource. 

[ptricks]

Wow, not only that course, but I started browsing some of the other available courses. Amazing resource. 

They do have a lot of other information on that same site. Like this one for FPGA :
http://www.infocobuild.com/education/audio-video-courses/electronics/ece5760-fall2011-cornell.html

[MikeK]

And even though I've only used PICs it's nice to see Atmel getting involved at the university.