Dr. Baruch Zoltan Francisc
Professor

    • Dedicated Computer Systems

    Course Syllabus

    INTRODUCTION

    EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
    APPLICATIONS
    CHARACTERISTICS
    TECHNOLOGIES
    • Processor Technologies: General-Purpose Processors; Dedicated Processors; Application-Specific Processors
    • Manufacturing Technologies: VLSI; ASIC; PLD; PLA; PAL; CPLD; FPGA
    • Design Technologies

    MODELS AND LANGUAGES FOR SYSTEM SPECIFICATION

    INTRODUCTION
    TYPES OF MODELS
    MODELS AND LANGUAGES
    EXAMPLE
    STATE-ORIENTED MODELS
    • Finite-State Machine
    • Finite-State Machine with Datapath
    • Petri Net
    • Hierarchical Concurrent Finite-State Machine
    ACTIVITY-ORIENTED MODELS
    • Data Flow Graph
    • Control Flow Graph
    STRUCTURE-ORIENTED MODELS
    DATA-ORIENTED MODELS
    • Entity-Relationship Diagram
    • Jackson's Diagram
    HETEROGENEOUS MODELS
    • Control/Data Flow Graph
    • Structure Diagram
    • Object-Oriented Model
    • Program-State Machine
    SYSTEM SPECIFICATION LANGUAGES
    • Specification Requirements for Embedded Systems
    • HardwareC
    • SystemC
    • Statecharts
    • SysML: Overview; Blocks; Block Definition Diagram; Internal Block Diagram; Requirements; Parametric Diagram

    COMMUNICATION INTERFACES

    SERIAL INTERFACES
    • RS-232: Serial Communication Model; Types of Serial Communication; Asynchronous Communication; Synchronous Communication; RS-232 Standard; RS-232 Interface Signals; Data Flow Control; Serial Cables; Example RS-232 Interface
    • RS-422
    • RS-485
    • I2C: Overview; Start and Stop Conditions; Data Validity; Bus Transfers; Versions; Example I2C Interface
    • SPI: Overview; Interface Signals; Operation; Advantages and Disadvantages; Comparison to the I2C Interface; Applications; Example SPI Interface
    • USB: Overview; Characteristics; Bus Topology; USB Versions; Cables and Connectors; Electrical Interface; Transfer Types; Example USB Interface
    • CAN: Overview; Data Transmission; Message Format; Applications; Example Interface Devices; FlexRay
    PARALLEL INTERFACES
    • VME: Overview; VME Variants; Modules and Connectors; VXS
    • PCI-104
    • PCI/104-Express and PCIe/104
    • CompactPCI
    WIRELESS INTERFACES AND PROTOCOLS
    • Bluetooth: Clock Signals; Radio Frequencies; Device Classes; Versions; Advantages; Disadvantages
    • IEEE 802.11: Original IEEE 802.11 Standard; IEEE 802.11b; IEEE 802.11g; IEEE 802.11n; IEEE 802.11ac; IEEE 802.11ad; IEEE 802.11ax
    • IEEE 802.15.4
    • ZigBee

    PERIPHERALS FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

    COUNTERS AND TIMERS
    • Counters
    • Timers
    • Simple Timer
    • Timer with a Terminal Count Signal
    • Cascaded Timer
    • Timer with Prescaler
    • Watchdog Timer
    LCD CONTROLLERS
    KEYPAD CONTROLLERS
    A/D CONVERTERS
    D/A CONVERTERS
    REAL-TIME CLOCKS
    PULSE WIDTH MODULATORS
    SENSORS
    • Temperature Sensors
    • Light Sensors
    • Accelerometers
    • Pressure Sensors
    • Magnetic-Field Sensors
    MOTOR DRIVE CIRCUITS

    MICROCONTROLLERS

    8051 MICROCONTROLLERS
    • 8051 Architecture
    • Memory Organization: Program Memory; Internal Data Memory; External Data Memory
    • Special Function Registers
    • I/O Ports
    PIC MICROCONTROLLERS
    • Overview
    • PIC24H Architecture
    AVR MICROCONTROLLERS
    • Overview
    • megaAVR Architecture: CPU Core; Memory Types; I/O Ports
    DSP MICROCONTROLLERS

    EMBEDDED PROCESSORS

    ARM PROCESSORS
    • Overview
    • ARMv1 .. ARMv6 Architectures
    • ARMv7 Architecture: Overview; ARM NEON Extension; ARM TrustZone Extension; ARM MPCore Technology; ARM big.LITTLE Technology
    • ARMv8 Architecture: Overview; AArch32 Execution State; AArch64 Execution State
    INTEL PROCESSORS
    • Intel Atom Z37xx Processors
    • Intel Xeon Processors
    AMD PROCESSORS
    • AMD Embedded G-Series Processors
    • AMD Embedded R-Series Processors
    • AMD Ryzen Embedded Processors

    SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

    EMBEDDED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
    SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT STEPS
    • Compilation
    • Linking
    • Relocation
    DEBUGGING MONITORS
    • RedBoot Monitor
    REMOTE DEBUGGERS
    • GNU Debugger: Overview; RSP Protocol; GDB Command Examples
    SOFTWARE COMMUNICATION WITH PERIPHERALS
    • Control and Status Registers
    • Device Drivers

    IMPLEMENTING EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

    INTRODUCTION
    TASK MANAGEMENT
    HIGH-LEVEL OPTIMIZATIONS
    • Floating-Point to Fixed-Point Conversion
    • Simple Loop Transformations
    • Loop Splitting
    HARDWARE/SOFTWARE PARTITIONING
    COMPILERS FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
    • Introduction
    • Energy-Aware Compilation
    • Compilation for Digital Signal Processors
    VOLTAGE SCALING AND POWER MANAGEMENT
    • Dynamic Voltage Scaling
    • Dynamic Power management
    Updated: September 28, 2019