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mtg 6: LabVIEW Embedded for Blackfin
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mtg 5: VDK (visual dsp++ kernel)
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mtg 4: laser cutter
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mtg 3: FPGA design/implementation
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• control eng 1800-1930, pp. 96–152 no link
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mtg 2: sensors/motors/arch/control
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mtg 1: intro
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• control eng 1800-1930, pp. 1-50 no link
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91.548 Lab 1: Intro to the Blackfin Handy Board

due February 1

Reading/Writing Assignment

1. Read pages 1 - 50 (intro, chapter 1, and chapter 2) of S. Bennett's A history of control engineering, 1800–1930

2. • Name a mechanical system you are familiar with that is similar to the ones discussed in the narrative. Analyze the system's information flow in a similar manner as the block diagrams presented in the book. Can you write equations to describe the system? If so, do so.

Implementation Project

1. Figure out how to use Visual DSP++ well enough to download simple C programs to it. Write code to turn Handy Board LEDs on and off.

2. • Write a tight loop that turns an LED on and off. Use the lab oscilloscopes to measure the frequency of the resulting signal. What do you get?

3. Figure out and understand the boot code written by Andrew Chanler. The code reads a data file out of the SPI flash memory and loads it into the FPGA. Note that we do not have control of any of the HB's LEDs until the FPGA is booted.

4. • Modify this code so that the Handy Board makes sound (e.g., beeps) during the FPGA boot process. Use the Visual DSP++ audio passthru (i.e., ADC then DAC) code as an example.

   The best-sounding beep tone will be incorporated into the official boot code.