Jonathan W. Valvano

New textbook for learning embedded systems on the MSPM0+.
Introduction to Embedded Systems Using the MSPM0+, ISBN: 979-8852536594, Available from Amazon Architecture, assembly language and C programming for the Texas Instruments MSPM0G3507. See the ECE319K web page for all the details for the LP-MSPM0G3507 Launchpad.

Three textbooks for learning embedded systems on the TM4C123.
Volume 1, Introduction to ARM Cortex-M Microcontrollers (fifth edition, 6th printing- January 2019), ISBN: 978-1477508992, Available from Amazon Available as Kindle book, Lecture and Lab Material, Architecture, assembly language and C programming for the Texas Instruments TM4C123, and TM4C1294.
Volume 2, Real-Time Interfacing to ARM Cortex-M Microcontrollers (ninth printing, July 2024) , ISBN: 978-1463590154, Textbook for EE445L, Available from Amazon Kindle e-book Lecture and Lab Material Interfacing and embedded system design for the Texas Instruments TM4C123, and TM4C1294.
Volume 3, Real-Time Operating Systems for ARM Cortex-M Microcontrollers (fifth printing, January 2019), ISBN: 978-1466468863, Textbook for EE445M/EE380L.6, Available on Amazon Lecture and Lab Material Operating systems, signal processing and network design for the Texas Instruments MSP432, TM4C123, and TM4C1294.

CCS Installation/setup for MSPM0G3507
Step by step instructions
ECE319K Lab 1 with videos

Keil 5 Installation/setup for TM4C123
Keil uVision download and setup version 5
Stellaris Driver Installation Guide for the TM4C123
Download and run MDK_Stellaris_ICDI_AddOn.exe
Creating a Keil 5 project from scratch.
How to install EE319K/EE445L/EE345M software on a Macintosh

Troubleshooting the Keil/TM4C123 debugger
Keil real-board debugger used to work, now it quits immediately
How to reflash your chip if you can no longer program the TM4C123
Run the LaunchPad Tester

Helpful links for embedded systems
Example software projects for the TM4C123 ARM Cortex-M4 microcontroller
Data sheets
Embedded Software in C for an ARM Cortex M by Valvano and Yerraballi

Embedded System Courses I teach at the University of Texas

ECE312H/ECE319H Combined Experience During the spring 2026 semester, ECE offers special sections of ECE312H and ECE319H in an integrated manner. To join the adventure you must register for both ECE319H and ECE312H.

ECE319K Introduction to Embedded Systems Syllabus Fall 2025 I will teach ECE319K Spring 2026. Fall 2025 PCB Camp
Undergraduate class: ECE319K/ECE319H students discover how the computer interacts with its environment. Students have hands-on experiences of how an embedded system could be used to solve EE problems. The analog to digital converter (ADC) and digital to analog converter (DAC) are the chosen mechanism to bridge the CE and EE worlds. EE concepts include Ohms Law, LED voltage/current, resistance measurement, and stepper motor control. CE concepts include I/O device drivers, debugging, stacks, FIFO queues, local variables and interrupts. The hardware construction is performed on a breadboard and debugged using a multimeter. Software is developed in assembly and in C for a ARM Cortex-M MSPM0G3507 microcontroller. Prerequisites: ECE306, EE306, or BME306 with a grade of at least C-.
ECE319K/ECE312H Introduction to Embedded Systems (Spring 2023) This is the course based on the TM4C123.

ECE445L Embedded Systems Design Lab Syllabus Spring 2025 ebook I will it Spring 2027, and Professor McDermott will teach it Fall 2025, Spring 2026, and Fall 2026. Instructions for non-ECE majors in the Robotics minor wishing to take ECE445L
Undergraduate lab class: Review of the Arm Cortex M instruction set, TM4C123 I/O, timing hardware and signals, memory organization, data structures in C, programming style, documentation, real time debugging, buffered I/O using interrupts, programmed logic control, table and linked list interpreters, serial and parallel I/O, keyboards, LED's and LCD's, PCB layout, Data Acquisition, Motor control, MQTT Wi-Fi wireless, and systems. Prerequisite ECE319K, ECE316 and coregistration in ECE333T. Spring 2008 Design Competition Air Guitar Video Fall 2008 Design Competition Spring 2009 Design Competition Fall 2009 Design Competition Fall 2010 Design Competition Fall 2011 Design Competition Video Fall 2012 Design Competition ECE photos from Fall 2012 ECE photos from Fall 2015

ECE382V Technology for Embedded Internet of Things Syllabus I am teaching ECE382V Fall 2025.
Graduate class: Internet of Things (IoT) is ubiquitous in the computing world. Connected devices allow remote data acquisition, distributed processing, and remote actuation. The focus of this class will be low-level technology to implement IoT devices. By exposing fundamental operational behavior, students, when facing a design problem, will be empowered to either select an appropriate existing technology, or to develop new technologies. Prerequisites: ECE445L, programming in C.

ECE445M Embedded and Real-Time Systems Lab Syllabus Spring 2017 Old Exams Professor Gerstlauer taught ECE445M in Spring 2025 and will teach it again Spring 2027. I will teach it Spring 2026
Undergraduate lab class: Explore real-time operating systems; implementation of context switching, threads, multitasking, real-time scheduling, synchronization, communication, storage, file systems, memory management, process linking and loading, hardware interfacing, and networking; debugging and testing; operating system performance, including latency, jitter, deadlines, deadlocks, and starvation; real-time systems, including data acquisition, sensing, actuating, digital control, signal processing, and robotics. Prerequisite ECE306, ECE319K, and ECE312. Old 2014 material
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Massive Open On-line Courses
All three of our MOOCs are currently dormant. Since the boards and compilers are hard to find, we are not planning on running these again until we can upgrade to new boards. These are free online classes on embedded systems. There is a physical lab kit you must purchase to do the labs, otherwise the courses are free. The third MOOC covers Real-time Operating Systems with Bluetooth Connectivity. The links to enroll on edX:
UT.6.10x Embedded Systems - Shape The World: Microcontroller Input/Output Lab kit and software download
UT.6.20x Embedded Systems - Shape The World: Multi-Threaded Interfacing Lab kit and software download
UT.12.01x Real-Time Bluetooth Networks - Shape The World Lab kit and software download

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What we built in 2020: In response to the urgent local and global requirement for essential patient-focused medical equipment, a team of faculty, researchers, and students at UT Austin, Dell Medical School and the UT Health San Antonio developed a low-cost, reliable and effective medical breathing device — the Automated Bag Breathing Unit (ABBU) — a ventilator-like device that can be utilized when conventional ventilators are not readily available to provide life-saving support for patients with COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses. The figure below shows three ABBUs in my research lab in EER5.822.