CS310 Embedded Computer Systems

Fall 2009

Professor S.R. Maeng

　

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 Course Description:
 

Embedded comuter systems are found everywhere -- cellular phones, cars, VCRs, cameras, and all kinds of consumer electronics. The huge numbers and new added complexity requires new technologies and design approaches.

The goal of this course is to develop a comprehensive understanding of the technologies behind the embedded systems. The students develop an appreciation of the underlying technology capabilities and limitations of the hardware, software components for building embedded systems. The students also learn new approaches for building embedded systems and will gain experience on actual system design through several hands-on experiments.

Course Grading (Tentative)

• Exam :     60 %
• LAB:       40 %

                                * Sharing or copying of solutions is not allowed. Of course, cooperation on exams is not allowed.

Course Reference Books:

1. Computers as Components: Principles of Embedded Computing System Design, Wayne Wolf, Morgan Kaufmann.
2. Embedded Systems Design : A Unified Hardware/Software Introduction, Vahid, Wiley.
3. Embedded Systems: Architecture, Programming and Design, Raj Kamal, Tata McGraw-Hill.
4. Lecture Notes
5. Selected Papers

Instructors:

Professor : Seungryoul Maeng,
Room 4403, maeng@camars.kaist.ac.kr,
　

Office Hours: M 1:00 - 3:00
TAs:
     Hyotaek Shim, Jinho Seol, Bon Keun Seo, Hanbit Kim, Jeongho Song

Course Outline:

• Introduction to Embedded computing
• Embedded System HW
      Processors, DSPs, SoCs, Peripherals   
• Communications
• Software
      Realtime OSs, Scheduling
• Design Methodology

Lab Outline:

• Hardware programming
• FPGA programming

BBS:

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Course Schedule:

　This schedule is subject to change.

Date	Lecture slides	Reading list	Homework
9/7,9/10, 9/14	Introduction I	What is EC? The Softening of Hardware	HW#1
	Introduction II	Cyclone II reference (download the Cyclone II or III FPGA Handbook and read section 1 and 2)
9/16	Introduction III
9/21,23,28	CPUs(1)		HW#2
10/5	CPUs(2)	ARM architectures Intel architectures XScale microarchitectures TI DSP architectures	HW#3
10/7,12	Power Management	System-Level Power Optimization: Techniques and Tools, Luca Benini and Giovani Micheli A survey of Design Tech for system-level dynamic power management, Benini et al. Reducing Power, Tiwari Instruction Level Power Analysis, Tiwari	HW#4
10/16, 10/19	Memory System and Memory Devices	SPM(Marwedel) efficient utilization of SPM(panda) Future Memory Technology
11/9, 11, 16	I/O interfacing		HW#5
11/18, 23	Scheduling
11/25	Embedded OSs
11/30,12/2	Design technology		HW#6
12/7	HW/SW partitioning
12/9	Specification 1, Specification 2 Validation
12/16	Final Exam

                 <Previous Examinations>
                 2007 Final Exam
                 2005 Microprocessor Final Exam
                 2005 (SEP) Embedded computing Final Exam
                 2003 Microprocessor Midterm Exam
                 2003 Microprocessor Final Exam