CP 270 - Peripherals II

Credit Hours: 3

A study of the architecture and functional operation of mass storage and direct memory access (DMA) devices, including USB units. The function of I/O programming and control will be emphasized.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to demonstrate basic knowledge of:

digital magnetic recording theory;
hard disk drive operations;
optical disk basics (CD and DVD);
DMA operation; and
addressing methods.

Prerequisites: CP 120, CP 121
Concurrent Registration: CP 273
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