Computer Engineering / Programming

Provide students with practical knowledge of the C language using an approach that combines low-level aspects (hardware) and abstraction (operating system), based on basic knowledge of another high-level computer language (imperative programming), typically Python.

- Provide students with a foundation of practical knowledge in the C language.

- Prepare the groundwork for tackling microcontrollers in the second semester.

• Numbering in a base (binary, hexadecimal)
• Algorithmic fundamentals
• Basic knowledge of imperative programming (typically Python or C)

Written exam: 50% of the final grade

Practical work: 50% of the final grade

• basic keywords: while, for, if
• Functions: low-level call structure, passing parameters by copying. Scope of variables.
• input and display: formatted strings, printf, and scanf.
• Types: utility, static "tables," actual representation of variables in RAM, address concept in C.
• Pointers: concept of address variables, pointers to variables, pointer typing, and observing RAM through pointers, comparison with RAM viewed as a binary stream. Notation * and []. Concept of "binary information stream."
• techniques associated with pointers: passing by address.
• dynamic allocation: system aspect, comparison with static allocation.
• Simple data structures, definition of new types. Functions manipulating structures, structure pointers, allocation of structure arrays.
• overview of advanced data structures: linked lists
• Standard libraries: file management, character strings