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This module aims to provide basic and intermediate computer programming skills using the C programming language as an example. Computer programming and software development and crucial skills for any engineer. An electrical engineering in particular requires some level of computer programming in almost every task. From programming microcontrollers, to robotics, to applying Artificial intelligence to any electronics bases system, basic and intermediate software design skills are absolutely critical. This course introduces basic concepts of computer programming like variables, loops and functions. It then teaches intermediate level concepts like pointers and dynamic memory. It finally explains the basis of microcontroller programming.

At the end of this module Students should be able to:

• Compile and run a basic C program
• To define variables of the right type according to the task at hand
• To use arrays of multiple dimensions
• To use more complex data structures (structs)
• To use different types of loop (while, do, for) according to the task at hand
• To use the conditional operations with if, else and switch
• To defined and use functions with input and output parameters
• To use pointers and know the difference between passing arguments by value or reference
• To be able to design programs that allocate and de-allocate memory on demand (with malloc and free)
• To insert and remove dynamic memory using linked lists and binary trees
• To be able to compile and run code in a microcontroller