Teaching Electromagnetic Interference on Microcontrollers through Lab Experiments

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  • Chiu Choi University of North Florida

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v3i2.2252

Keywords:

engineering pedagogy, electromagnetic interference, microcontroller applications

Abstract


New lab experiments were developed for the students to investigate the effect of electromagnetic interference on the operation of microcontrollers. The objectives of the experiments include exposing students to the effect of noisy power supply on microcontroller performance and to learn how to use modern instruments for recording the results. In the experiments, the noise is restricted to electromagnetic interference picked up by the power supply conductors from external sources at radio frequencies. As wireless communication technologies have been widely used, such lab investigation is of current interest to the students. There was no simple way to produce the radio frequency interference of sufficient magnitude in our lab. A method was used to emulate the picking up of such interference on the power supply conductors. This paper describes such method. It also describes the new experiments, their benefits for the students, the evaluations, and suggestions for improvements.

Author Biography

Chiu Choi, University of North Florida

Dr. Choi is working as a full professor in Electrical Engineering Department at the University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He earned his Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1988.He has an acitve and current Florida State Professional Engineer license. He has keen interest inengineering education and is active in research. His research interests include engineering education, Embedded Control Systems and ComputationalAlgorithms. He has published over thirty papers in those areas.

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Published

2013-03-20

How to Cite

Choi, C. (2013). Teaching Electromagnetic Interference on Microcontrollers through Lab Experiments. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP), 3(2), pp. 4–8. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v3i2.2252

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