Microcontroller & its Applications
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The official GTU curriculum for Microcontroller & its Applications (subject code DI04000171) as prescribed for RE · Semester 4 divides the course into 4 units, covering 32 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (DI04000171)Unit 1 Introduction to 8051 Micro-controller and its
- Architecture 1.1 Comparison between Micro-controller and Micro-Processor 1.2 Hierarchy of Microcontrollers. 1.3 Applications of Micro-controller 1.4 Overview of Embedded System and Classification 1.5 Architecture of 8051 Microcontroller: Block Diagram
- Program counter
- DPTR 1.6 Memory Organization: Internal RAM, Internal ROM, SFRs
- Registers and Register Banks 1.7 8051 Pin Diagram: Pin Functions and alternate function
- I/O Ports. 1.8 Clocking and Reset Circuitry
Unit 2 8051 Programming
- 2.1 Assembly Language Programming: Addressing Modes
- Structure of Assembly program
- Assembly Directives
- Common instructions like MOV, ADD, SUBB, INC, DEC, ANL, ORL 2.2 Difference between Assembly language and Embedded C programming 2.3 Structure of Embedded C program
- header files
- comments 2.4 Data types (char
- unsigned char, int, sbit
- bit) 2.5 Operators: arithmetic
- bitwise 2.6 Control statements: if-else
- switch, for, while
- do-while 2.7 Arithmetic & logical programs (addition
- division) 2.8 Functions and modular programming (delay routines
- modular code structure) 2.9 Configuration and programming of I/O port: LED, switches
- simple interfacing examples 10 22% 3
- Unit 3 – Timers
- Counters, and Interrupts 3.1 Configuration and programming of Timer/Counter using SFRs: 8 18% GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Program Name: Diploma Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Electrical Engineering / Renewable Energy Subject Code: DI04000171 Subject Name: Microcontroller & its Applications w.e.f. 2025-26 http://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/ Page 3 of 8 Timer Registers
- TCON 3.2 Modes of Timer0 and Timer1 3.3 Generation of time delay using timer: Steps to generate time delay using Timer Mode 1. 3.4 Introduction to interrupts
- types of interrupts in 8051
Unit 3 8051Interfacing
- 4.1 Interfacing LEDs
- relay 4.2 Interfacing 7-segment display 4.3 Interfacing 16x2 LCD for displaying text 4.4 Interfacing keypad for data entry 4.5 Motor control: DC motor via L293D
- stepper motor sequence control 4.6 Analog interfacing: ADC0804 with sensors (e.g.
- LM35 temperature sensor) 4.7 Displaying analog values on LCD
Unit 4 8051 Applications
- 5.1 Analog to Digital Conversion in 8051: Need
- Interfacing 5.2 Temperature control system using 8051. 5.3 BMS system using Analog Multiplexer4051
- 7 segment LED, MAX232 5.4 Security system using GSM Modem
- Switches 5.5 Solar tracker using Microcontroller
- 7Segment LED and Stepper motor, LDR