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CprE 488 - Embedded Systems Design

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Iowa State University

Spring 2010

Last update: Jan. 12, 2010

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Course Schedule and Lecture Notes
(subject to changes)

WEEK 1	Lecture 1: Introduction - Embedded Computing Systems Lecture 2: Design Process of Embedded Computing Systems Assigned Reading: Textbook Ch. 1, Xilinx University Development System User Guide (PDF), Ch. 1
WEEK 2	Lecture 3: I/O Interface and Interrupt Systems Lecture 4:  I/O Interface and Interrupt Systems (cont) Assigned Reading: (a) Textbook Ch. 3.1-3.7; (b) TMS320C55x Hardware Extensions for Image/Video Applications, Ch. 1, 2, 3; (c) Wiki: Discrete cosine transform
WEEK 3	Lab 1: Introduction to Toolset and Hardware Lecture 5: CPU Performance and Power Consumption Lecture 6: Caches and Memory Management Assigned Reading: Textbook Ch. 3.1-3.7
WEEK 4	Lab 2: Software/Hardware Interfacing Lecture 7: Multiprocessor Basics and Accelerated Systems Lecture 8: Multiprocessor Basics and Accelerated Systems Assigned Reading: Texkbook Ch. 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3
WEEK 5	Lab 3: Hardware Acceleration Lecture 9: FPGA Introduction Lecture 10: ARM Instruction Set Assigned Reading: FPGA and CPLD Tutorial, Textbook Ch. 2.1 and 2.2
WEEK 6	Lab 4: Profiling (Digital Camera, Part I) Lecture 11: Bus and Memory Lecture 12: Common I/O devices Assigned Reading: Textbook Ch. 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
WEEK 7	Lab 5: Software Refinements (Digital Camera, Part II) Lecture 13: Basic Compiler Techniques Lecture 14: Program Design and Analysis (updated) Assigned Reading: Ch. 5.1-5.10
WEEK 8	Lab 6: Hardware Refinements (Digital Camera, Part III, due in two weeks) Lecture 15: Program Design and Analysis (cont) Assigned Reading: Ch. 5.1-5.10 (cont) Midterm Exam: March 4, 2009
WEEK 9	Lab 7:  Real-time Operating Systems Lecture 16: Design Example – Software Modem Lecture 17: Embedded Operating Systems Assigned Reading: Ch. 5.11, Ch. 6.1-6.5
Spring break
WEEK 10	Lab 7:  Real-time Operating Systems (cont) Start of Project Preparation Lecture 18: Real-time Scheduling Policies Lecture 19: Other Embedded OS Issues Assigned Reading: Ch. 6.1-6.6
WEEK 11	Lecture 20: Telephone Answer Machine Networking for Embedded Systems (1) Lecture 21: Networking for Embedded Systems (2) Lab 9: Networking and Hardware Design Assigned Reading: Ch. 6.7, 8.1-8.6
WEEK 12	Lab 8: System Design in an RTOS Environment Lecture 22: Design Example of Networked Embedded Systems Lecture 23: System Design Techniques Assigned Reading: Ch. 8.7, 9.1-9.4
WEEK 13	Lab 11: Project Lecture 24: Quality Assurance Lecture 25: Design Examples: Consumer Electronics Systems Assigned Reading: Ch. 9.5, Ch. 7.5-7.8
WEEK 14	Lab 12: Project Lecture 26: Design Example: Video Accelerator Project presentation Assigned Reading: Ch. 7.9
WEEK 15	Lab 14: Project Demonstrations Lecture 27: TBD Lecture 28: Course review Assigned Reading: Textbook Ch. 9
FINAL WEEK	Friday, May 8, 9:45-11:45 a.m. (Tentative)