Course syllabus

Konstruktion av inbyggda system, fördjupningskurs
Design of Embedded Systems, Advanced Course

EDA385, 7,5 credits, A (Second Cycle)

Valid for: 2013/14
Decided by: Education Board A
Date of Decision: 2013-04-15

General Information

Elective for: D5, D5-dpd, D5-is, E5, E5-dpd, MSOC2
Language of instruction: The course will be given in English

Aim

The main goal of this course is to give hands-on experience in embedded systems design, using real life industrial methods, focusing on both hardware and software components. This is a natural follow up of the more theoretical course EDAN15.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

• be able to explain how embedded systems are developed from idea to prototype, what is the real life practice and which practical issues can appear
• be able to describe which tools, processes and methods can be applied for industrial embedded systems

Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must

• be able to design, build and evaluate embedded systems of moderate complexity
• be able to specify and implement application-specific hardware and software components
• be able toidentify and adapt existing hardware and software components in order to integrate them in new designs

Contents

• Introduction, from theory to practice, the available support architecture.
• Project description: Several possible projects are briefly described. New proposals are presented by the authors.
• Requirements analysis: Extracting the important information concerning performance, real-time behaviour, and non-functional requirements.
• Design decisions: Functional partitioning and assignment, Hardware/software partitioning, protocol selection, support software selection.
• Design refinement: Peripherals, interfaces, power management.
• Implementation related issues: Compiling embedded applications, Operating system’s role, configuring FPGAs and other hardware devices.
• Testing and maintenance.

Examination details

Grading scale: UG
Assessment: For a passing grade the student must complete the laboratory work and the project.

Parts
Code: 0113. Name: Project.
Credits: 6,5. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: To qualify for a passing grade the proposed project must be completed, demonstrated and be described in a written report. Contents: Project work, demonstration and a written report.
Code: 0213. Name: Project Proposal.
Credits: 1. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: To qualify for a passing grade a project proposal must be presented and approved. Contents: Proposal and presentation of a project to be completed during the course.

Admission

Admission requirements:

• EDA011/EDA016/EDA017 Programming, First Course and EDA380/EDAN15 Design of Embedded Systems

Required prior knowledge: Exchange students are required to have knowledge of C/C++ or Java. They are also required to have knowledge of VHDL or another hardware description language.
The number of participants is limited to: No

Reading list

• Xilinx Application Notes, http://www.xilinx.com/support/library.htm.

Contact and other information

Course coordinator: Flavius Gruian, flavius.gruian@cs.lth.se
Course homepage: http://cs.lth.se/eda385