In order to complete the first lab checkout on time, the following reading and problems should be completed before the start of the first lab section for this lab.
All of the reading from Lab 1, plus:
- The lab webpage. - It is extremely critical that you read the entire webpage for this lab before the start of the first lab section.
- Fixed point arithmetic
- UART (Reference manual section 21)
- Remote interface webpage (contains information about Python interface)
Explain the _Accum data type (see the Fixed Point page and the Fixed Point supplemental page).
Describe how your code will be arranged. What threads will you use and what will be their functions? What helper functions and macros will you have? It is always a good idea to plan before you code.