Mbed Simulator

• Importance of Mbed platform in rapid embedded systems design
• Functions and benefits of Mbed software development resources and HDK
• Compare and contrast benefits and drawbacks of high-level and low-level programming
• Features, functions and benefits of CMSIS

GPIO peripherals

• Relationship between electrical voltages and logic values
• Key features and elements of GPIO design in relation to microcontrollers 
• Use DigitalIn/DigitalOut and BusIn/BusOut interfaces

Interrupts for controlling peripherals

• Purpose of interrupts and interaction with processor
• Types of microcontroller interrupts
• How interrupt service routines can be implemented
• Procedures of exception processing
• Implement ISR to handle control of peripherals