Teaching

Undergraduate electronics courses at the University of Seville since 2023, and a free MSP430 assembly course on YouTube.

01Microcontrollers

3RD YEAR · ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING · 2023–PRESENT

Microcontrollers and Embedded Systems. Embedded system design with microcontrollers: architecture, C programming, peripherals and interrupts. About 100 students per year.

The MSP430 assembly material is also published as a free video course, with an in-browser simulator to run every example.

TOPICS
  • Microcontroller architecture and operation
  • C programming for embedded systems
  • Peripheral interfacing (UART, I2C, SPI)
  • Interrupt handling and real-time concepts
  • Sensor integration and signal processing
  • Project management for embedded systems

02Other courses

2ND YEAR · ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING · 2023–PRESENT

Electromedicine Laboratory

Laboratory course focusing on the design, implementation, and testing of electronic circuits for medical applications. About 60 students per year.

  • Biomedical sensing systems
  • Patient safety in medical electronics
  • Signal acquisition and processing for medical data
  • Bioimpedance measurement techniques
  • Wearable medical device design considerations

1ST YEAR · ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING · 2023–PRESENT

Computer Architecture

Introductory course on computer architecture principles, covering hardware components, processing concepts, and system design. About 120 students per year.

  • CPU design and operation
  • Memory hierarchy and management
  • Instruction set architecture
  • Pipeline processing concepts
  • Computer performance evaluation
  • Hardware-software interface

03Course materials

Notion course pages
Lecture notes, lab guides and resources for each course, organised in one place per subject.
LLM course assistants
Chatbots configured with course material that students use to ask questions about concepts and code.
Project-based labs
Lab sessions built around complete projects, several based on bioimpedance and wearable devices.
Video lessons
Short videos and a full MSP430 assembly course on YouTube, used alongside the lectures.

04Lab tools and outreach

INSTAGRAM/TIKTOK · @dr.santi.scagliusi

Short videos on electronics

  • Embedded systems fundamentals
  • Electronics hardware design
  • Medical device engineering
  • Academic research insights
  • Bioimpedance technology explanations