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Building Wireless Interfaces for Microcontrollers

Dr. Don Wilcher -
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alabama - Birmingham
May 22,
2017
Traditional RF Circuits for Microcontrollers
In this session you will learn electronic circuit techniques for interfacing a 315MHz remote and receiver module to an Arduino.
Course Resources
Special Educational Materials
Renesas SMCDevCon 2015: IoT Security Concerns & Renesas Synergy Solutions Video
How to use the latest MCUs to Simplify Embedded Security Article
Renesas Synergy Platform Video
Download Archive (mp3 - audio only)
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May 24,
2017
NFC/RFID Controller
The PN532 is the most popular NFC (Near Field Communication) IC used in toDay's smartphones and PoS (Point of Sale) readers. In this session you will learn about NFC/RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology and how to interface the PN532 to an Arduino. The hands-on project will explore reading tags using the Adafruit NFC/RFID Controller shield for the Arduino.
Course Resources
Special Educational Materials
Renesas SMCDevCon 2015: IoT Security Concerns & Renesas Synergy Solutions Video
How to use the latest MCUs to Simplify Embedded Security Article
Renesas Synergy Platform Video
Download Archive (mp3 - audio only)
No data was found
No data was found
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Instructor
Dr. Don Wilcher
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alabama - Birmingham

Dr. Don Wilcher, an Electrical Engineer, is an Associate Certified Electronics Technician (CETa), a Technical Education Researcher, Instructor, Maker, Emerging Technology Lecturer, Electronics Project writer, and Book Author. His Learn Electronics with Arduino book, published by Apress, has been cited 80 times in academic journals and referenced on patents.

He is the Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alabama - Birmingham. His research interest is Embedded Controls, Robotics Education, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence applications and their impact on Personalized Learning, Competency-Based Models curriculum, and instructional development in Mechatronics, Automation, IoT, Electronics, Robotics, and Industrial Maintenance Technologies. He is also the Founder and owner of MaDon Research LLC, an instructional technology consulting, technical training, and electronics project writing company serving Electronics Marketing Media, Technical and Engineering Education companies.