ECE 2036 Engineering Software Design
J. Hamblen
NOTE: This course has a
new textbook, so significant material will be expanded, deleted, and added
during the course.
ECE students working on mbed
projects. A C++ program in Microsoft’s Visual Studio.
Teaching/Learning Goals
The purpose of this course is for you to have the skill to write efficient and correct programs in C/C++ as needed in your career as an engineer. Students will understand how to write efficient code, and how to effectively debug code during the development process. In particular, it will cover:
C Pointers and Arrays
C Data types, including structures
C++ Objects
Class hierarchies and inheritance
Polymorphism
C++ References
Operator overloading
Templates and the Standard Template Library (STL)
Multi-Threaded and Multi-Processor Design
Course materials
-
ECE 2036 Lab Page (GO TO THIS PAGE FOR IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS & TA HOURS
AND ABOUT LAB GRADING!!)
- Additional Slides
& and Class Handouts(*.ppt, *.pdf), Old
Tests(2036t*.*), Quizzes (2036q*.*), and Labs(2036l*.doc) - last alpha
character indicates version, later letters are more recent
- ECE
3090 class web site (an older ECE course covering related material
some of which is covered now in 2036)
- Mbed LPC1768 microcontroller
module – used to run selected C/C++ applications in labs and in class
demos
- Mbed
Inventor’s Kit – details on kit parts, sources, and links with code
examples and documentation
- Mbed
ECE Web Store – purchase the mbed inventor’s kit here and it will be
delivered in class later
- Mbed
Compiler – compiler options available for mbed software development at
GT
Mbed
Inventor’s Kit Parts
Software &
Related links
- Basic Visual
Studio C/C++ tutorial
- ECE PC lab thin clients - Visual
Studio C/C++ tutorial
- Free Microsoft
Visual Studio Software for ECE students(use GT email "xxx@mail.gatech.edu"
and hit reset password first time)
- Free Express
Version of Microsoft C/C++ (file: vcsetup.exe requires a lot less download
time and disk space than full Visual Studio - any version works but 2008
is smaller)
- To connect to Jinx, OITs Software
Distribution site allows you to download a free copy of XWin32. WinSCP
also available there, is handy to transfer files from Windows PCs.
- For other student software, check the GA Univ Software
Distribution site - it has student discounts on some other software
such as Office
- For other free software, Ninite
installs multiple applications (i.e., Paint.Net, Audacity, Adobe
Reader, PuTTY, Notepad++...) with just a few mouse clicks
Textbook and C/C++
material (required Textbook)
- The recent book, C++
How to Program 9th Edition – slides, example code, and videos from
this book will be used for most lectures.
- Videos
from C++ How to Program - Short instructional videos on C++, a
code from the book is required for viewing
- Programming
in C++ for Engineering and Science contains
engineering examples that may be used occasionally. These two books are
NOT required, but would be very helpful.
- Cplusplus.com
has information and tutorials on C++
- An older additional C/C++ reference is Accelerated
C++: Practical Programming by Example by Andrew Koenig and Barbara
Moo ($39.00 at amazon.com) was used in Fall 2012.
This book is NOT required and is not as complete as the other two.
- Free C++ and
Java electronic textbooks – an older C++ book that assumes you know C,
but it is not totally up to date on new C++ features
- Free
C++ and Java electronic textbooks (online GT only)
- The mbed handbook
has C/C++ API information on the ARM mbed module
- Additional Resources
for Algorithms and Numerical Methods using C/C++
Computing Resources
There is a newly installed
Linux-based computing cluster known as the Jinx
cluster. This platform will used to turn in, test, and
grade some of your programming assignments, so it makes sense that you would
want to develop and debug your assignments there at some point. You are free to
use any of the available computing resources at GT, as well as on student’s
personal computing hardware. Visual Studio can also be used to develop programs
on your PC, but in the end in some cases it needs to run on Jinx for grading.
Some of the final assignments may contain code such as graphics calls that will
only run on one platform. You also have access to the PC and Linux systems in
Klaus 1446/8, so anyone who has difficulty using "ssh"
(perhaps from Windows with PuTTY)
can use any of the 1448 machines and ssh to the jinx cluster from there.
The
mbed ARM microcontroller and C/C++ Cloud Compiler used in ECE 2036.
Older Syllabus,
Handouts, and Tests from Fall 2012
(used prior to the new 2036 textbook, but similar material and more code
examples)
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Day |
Month |
Date |
Description |
Handout |
Due Date |
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Mon |
Aug |
20 |
Review of C and C++ Syntax |
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Wed |
Aug |
22 |
More review of C/C++ Syntax |
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Fri |
Aug |
24 |
Understanding Memory Layout |
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Fri |
Aug |
24 |
Simple Calculator |
Sep 4 |
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Mon |
Aug |
27 |
The GNU Debugger |
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gdb reference (50 pages) |
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Wed |
Aug |
29 |
C++ Classes |
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Fri |
Aug |
31 |
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Mon |
Sep |
3 |
Labor Day Holiday NO CLASS |
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Wed |
Sep |
5 |
MBed Assignment |
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StackUsageAnimation DO NOT
PRINT |
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Fri |
Sep |
7 |
Constructors and Destructors
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StackUsageAnimation DO NOT
PRINT |
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ConstructorsDestructors.cc |
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Operator Overloading |
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Mon |
Sep |
10 |
Operator Overloading |
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Wed |
Sep |
12 |
Member Function |
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member-functions.cc |
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Mon |
Sep |
17 |
Dynamic Memory |
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Wed |
Sep |
19 |
Matrix Calculator |
Sept 28 |
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Fri |
Sep |
21 |
Dynamic Memory again |
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Sample exam questions |
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Mon |
Sep |
24 |
Pointer Dereferencing |
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Wed |
Sep |
26 |
Test 1 |
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Fri |
Sep |
28 |
Subclassing |
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Mon |
Oct |
1 |
Virtual Functions |
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Wed |
Oct |
3 |
FFT lab |
Oct 12 |
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Fri |
Oct |
5 |
Pure Virtual Functions |
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Mon |
Oct |
8 |
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Wed |
Oct |
10 |
Smart Pointers |
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Fri |
Oct |
12 |
Last day to drop classes with
W |
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Mon |
Oct |
15 |
Fall Break NO CLASS |
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Wed |
Oct |
17 |
QDisplay Graphics |
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Wed |
Oct |
17 |
Path Loss |
Oct 29 |
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Fri |
Oct |
19 |
Threads |
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Mon |
Oct |
22 |
Templated Vector class |
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Wed |
Oct |
24 |
Barriers and Mutex Locks |
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Fri |
Oct |
26 |
Barriers continued |
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Mon |
Oct |
29 |
Vector Implementation |
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Wed |
Oct |
31 |
Vector Implementation
continued |
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Fri |
Nov |
2 |
Mbed lab 2 |
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Mon |
Nov |
5 |
Midterm Review |
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Wed |
Nov |
7 |
Midterm Exam 2 |
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Fri |
Nov |
9 |
Templated Linked List
Implementation |
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Mon |
Nov |
12 |
Templated Linked List
continued |
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Wed |
Nov |
14 |
Iterators |
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Fri |
Nov |
16 |
Mandelbrot Set Assignment
Discussion |
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Interesting Mandelbrot Set
Video |
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Fri |
Nov |
16 |
Mandelbrot Set |
Nov 30 |
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Mon |
Nov |
19 |
Sorted Containers |
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Wed |
Nov |
21 |
Recursive Descent |
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Fri |
Nov |
23 |
NO CLASS THANKSGIVING
HOLIDAY |
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Mon |
Nov |
26 |
Exceptions in C++ |
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Wed |
Nov |
28 |
Object Cloning |
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Fri |
Nov |
30 |
Static Members and Member
Functions |
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Mon |
Dec |
3 |
SpecialIterators |
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Wed |
Dec |
5 |
Preprocessor Directives |
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Fri |
Dec |
7 |
Review for Final |
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Sample old mt1 exam |
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Sample old mt2 exam |
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Student mbed
C++ Project with a Nest style Temperature Display