TEACHING CONCEPTS IN MICROCONTROLLER EDUCATION: CISC VS RISC ASSEMBLY-LEVEL PROGRAMMING

Dimosthenis E. Bolanakis
Department of Communications, Informatics and Management
Epirus Educational Institute of Technology
Greece

Konstantinos T. Kotsis
Department of Primary Education
University of Ioannina
Greece

Theodore Laopoulos
Department of Physics
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Greece

This paper explores the teaching concepts in Reduced Instruction Set Computers and Complex Instruction Set Computers with reference to an assembly-level programming for small microcontroller units (MCUs). The objective of the proposed communication is to instill the confidence in the instructor regarding the selection of an effective MCU, appropriate for other than electrical/electronic engineering students.

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