week 1
introduction
history

week 2
electricity
prototyping
digital logic

week 3
digital logic labs

week 4
microprocessor
(single chip system)
microcontroller
machine lang programming lab

week 5
address decoding & memory mapping
digital I/O
expanded programming & debugging

afterward:
* compilers/assy code interface
* microarchitecture/pipelining

beyond:
* other topics & independent projects