EC805 Embedded Systems

Course Name: 

EC805 Embedded Systems

Programme: 

M.Tech (VLSI)

Category: 

Elective (Ele)

Credits (L-T-P): 

(2-0-3) 4

Content: 

Introduction: Overview of embedded systems, embedded system design challenges, common design metrics and optimizing. Survey of different embedded system design technologies & trade-offs. Embedded microcontroller cores, embedded memories, Examples of embedded systems. Architecture for embedded system, High performance processors – strong ARM processors, programming, interrupt structure, I/O architecture, Technological aspects of embedded systems: interfacing between analog and digital blocks, signal conditioning, Digital signal processing, Subsystem interfacing, interfacing with external systems. Software aspects of embedded systems: real time programming languages and operating systems for embedded systems – RTOS requirements, kernel types, scheduling, context switching, latency, inter-task communication and synchronization, Case studies.

References: 

Jack Ganssle, The Art of Designing Embedded Systems, Elsevier, 1999.
R. Gupta, Co-synthesis of Hardware and Software for Embedded Systems, Kluwer 1995.
Steve Furber, “ARM System Architecture”, Edison Wesley Longman, 1996.
Andrew N. Sloss, Dominic Symes, Chris Wright, “ARM System Developer’s Guide: Designing and Optimizing System Software”, Elsevier, 2004.
NPTEL Video Lectures

Department: 

Electronics and Communication Engineering(ECE)
 

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Prof. N. Shekar V. Shet, Professor and Head, 
Department of ECE, NITK, Surathkal
P. O. Srinivasnagar,
Mangalore - 575 025 Karnataka, India.

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