Introduction to Embedded Systems and Microcontroller-Based Circuit Design, Instruction Set Architecture, Assembly Language Programming and General Purpose Digital I/O, Java Programming Review and the Compiler, Debugging Software and Hardware, Threads, Tasks and Simple Scheduling, Threaded Program Design, Using and Real-Time Operating Systems, Serial Communication Peripherals, Digital I/O Peripherals: T/C and PWM, Analog I/O Peripherals, Simulation Design and Debugging.