Date of Award
1-1-1995
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Master of Science
School
School of Mathematics, Information Technology and Engineering
Faculty
Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering
First Supervisor
Dr Paul Maj
Second Supervisor
Dr Thomas O'Neill
Abstract
This thesis is concerned with designing, implementing and testing a miniaturised temperature data logging device. Investigations demonstrated that a microcontroller could provide a low-cost single-chip solution to this problem and after a detailed review of 8-bit microcontrollers, the MC68HCll was chosen for this task. This document also includes discussion on an environment that was developed for creating and testing MC68HC11 software and the use of Motorola's evaluation boards. To ensure that the device was designed to software engineering standards an investigation into software engineering analysis techniques took place. This resulted in the Jackson Structured Programming (JSP) methodology being adapted to produce a proposed development platform suitable for microcontroller-based design.
Recommended Citation
Wetton, M. L. (1995). A proposal for a development platform for microcontroller-based devices. Edith Cowan University. Retrieved from https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1170