This video is Lecture 1 of UNC Charlotte Embedded Systems course (ECGR4101/5101) taught by James Conrad, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The original recording date was August 24, 2011. More information about the Embedded Systems course can be found at http://webpages.uncc.edu/~jmconrad/classes.htm The class uses the Renesas RX62N evaluation board as the basis of microcontroller examples. The book and notes are at: http://webpages.uncc.edu/~jmconrad/ECGR4101-2012-01/notes.html