Students who complete their bachelors degree (BE/ BTech) in computer science or electrical engineering do extensive course work in Microprocessors and then in C programming. However, what is missing in the current curriculum is to explicitly establish the link between the two. Specifically we look at how a C program is translated to assembly language and how it eventually gets executed on a microprocessor. Through, animations we show what happens in the stack, data and code segment, of the microprocessor when a C program is executed.
INTENDED AUDIENCE
Any Interested Learners
PRE-REQUISITES
Students are expected to have done a course on C programming and Microprocessors
INDUSTRY SUPPORT
Almost all software companies and many hardware companies
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Prof. Janakiraman Viraraghavan is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras and is part of the Integrated Circuits and Systems (iCS) group. His research interests include porting machine-learning algorithms on to hardware and statistical analysis in VLSI. He also has a keen interest in Microprocessors and Programming in general.
Additional information
Institute
IIT Madras
Total hours
10
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Course Details
WEEK 1: Introduction to Microprocessors and Assembly language Programming Microprocessor Architecture Machine Language Execution sequence in a MuP Memory in a microprocessor Instruction Set ADDRESSING SCHEMES MOV ARITHMETIC AND LOGICAL INSTRUCTIONS FLAG REGISTER STACK INSTRUCTIONS CALL and RET HARDWARE LOOPS
WEEK 2: Introduction to C and Inline Assembly Data types and their sizes Simple examples of Inline assembly ALU operations String length Multiplication using repeated addition Swap two variables in C Swap two variables in inline Assembly Function to swap two variable in C Inline code to swap the two variables using a function
WEEK3: Compiling C to Assembly Language Compiling a simple program to Assembly – first order Passing parameters Prologue Epilogue Local variables
WEEK4: C++ and Some special Functions C and C++ at assembly language level Recursion vs Loops with factorial as example Special functions memcpy strlen
BOOKS AND REFERENCES:
“The C Programming Language” by BRIAN W. KERNIGHAN and DENNIS M. RITCHIE, Second Edition
“The INTEL Microprocessors – Architecture, Programming and Interfacing”, by Barry B. Brey 8th Edition
1 review for C Programming and Assembly Language
Rated 5 out of 5
Ujwal KR (verified owner)–
Course gives excellent exposure in bridging C and assembly.
My only concern taking this exam through elearn platform is no credit points were awarded when Completed course certificate was issued. When taken the same exam through offline nptel mode, credit points are awarded. Request elearn to look into this matter with urgency to weed out the discrimination and make it a unbiased initiative.
Ujwal KR (verified owner) –
Course gives excellent exposure in bridging C and assembly.
My only concern taking this exam through elearn platform is no credit points were awarded when Completed course certificate was issued. When taken the same exam through offline nptel mode, credit points are awarded. Request elearn to look into this matter with urgency to weed out the discrimination and make it a unbiased initiative.
Thanks!