Topics include data in embedded systems, displays, codecs, processor and bus "flavors", the boot process, real-time scheduling and device drivers.
| Day | Lecture topics (instructor notes) | Extra references | Lab assigned | Lab due |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, 1/11 | Introduction, embedded system data types | |||
| Tuesday, 1/16 | Images, displays | |||
| Thursday, 1/18 | Colormaps, introduction to lab computers (ECE 668L) | lab 1 - image display. The code stubs for the X version and Windows version of the lab. See above link for images. | ||
| Tuesday, 1/23 | Image bits, introduction to lab computers (EEC 468L) | |||
| Thursday, 1/25 | Helper programs, test cases | |||
| Tuesday, 1/30 | RLE codec | lab 2 - RLE codec. See above link for images. | Lab 1 due. Code must be emailed to assign server by midnight, 1/30. Demo session days/times in Riggs 304 Tuesday 1/30 1-3pm and Wednesday 1/31 10am-Noon. | |
| Thursday, 2/1 | LZW codec | Worksheet to practice LZW decoding. | lab 3 - LZW codec. See above link for images. | |
| Tuesday, 2/6 | Huffman codec | lab 4 - Huffman codec. See above link for images. | Lab 2 due. Code must be emailed to assign server by midnight, 2/6. Demo session days/times in Riggs 304 Tuesday 2/6 1-3pm and Wednesday 2/7 10am-Noon. | |
| Thursday, 2/8 | JPEG codec | Partner suggestions solicitied. | ||
| Tuesday, 2/13 | buses | Partner teams determined. | Lab 3 due. Code must be emailed to assign server by midnight, 2/13. Demo session days/times in Riggs 304 Tuesday 2/13 1-3pm and Wednesday 2/14 10am-Noon. | |
| Thursday, 2/15 | microcontrollers | |||
| Tuesday, 2/20 | digital signal processors (DSP chips) | |||
| Thursday, 2/22 | triangle rendering | See John Burkardt's site for a large selection of PLY files. An example solving a plane-ray intersection. An explanation of using the cross product test to determine if a point is inside a triangle. Help on rotation matrices and how to use them. | lab 5 - triangle rendering. Some PLY files available here. | |
| Tuesday, 2/27 | graphics processors (GPUs) | Lab 4 due. Code must be emailed to assign server by midnight, 2/27. Demo session days/times in Riggs 304 Tuesday 2/27 1-3pm and Wednesday 2/28 10am-Noon. | ||
| Thursday, 3/1 | example presentations: ARM processors and SHARC DSPs. Which is good and which is bad? | Midterm. Topics solicited. | ||
| Tuesday, 3/6 | out of town -- JTAG (chip debugging) | |||
| Thursday, 3/8 | the boot process | A wiki list of Linux distributions. | lab 6 - booting and the kernel. The manual for the lab. The virtual machine to get you started. | Midterm topics due by 12 Noon so that the schedule can be
determined and presented during class. Lab 5 due. Code must be emailed to assign server by midnight, 3/8. Demo session days/times in Riggs 304 Thursday 3/8 1-3pm and Monday 3/12 10am-Noon. |
| Tuesday, 3/13 | midterm presentations | |||
| Thursday, 3/15 | midterm presentations | Midterm reports due. Hardcopies collected in class. | ||
| Tuesday, 3/20 | no class - Spring break | |||
| Thursday, 3/22 | no class - Spring break | |||
| Tuesday, 3/27 | out of town -- Intellectual property protection | |||
| Thursday, 3/29 | device drivers | lab 7 - device driver. The manual for the lab. The programming guide for the sound card. The sound data to use for the lab. | Lab 6 due. No code turned in. Demo session days/times in Riggs 304 Thursday 3/29 1-3pm and Friday 3/30 10am-Noon. | |
| Tuesday, 4/3 | real-time O/S | Scheduling examples. | ||
| Thursday, 4/5 | rate monotonic analysis | RMA protocol examples, excerpt from Briand and Roy's book. | ||
| Tuesday, 4/10 | rate monotonic analysis | What happened on Mars?,
a great example of a scheduling problem. Video simulation of Mars pathfinder landing. |
lab 8 - rate monotonic analysis. | Lab 7 due. No code turned in. Demo session days/times in Riggs 304 Tuesday 4/10 1-3pm and Wednesday 4/11 10am-Noon. |
| Thursday, 4/12 | Embedded system development platforms | Final. Topics solicited. A bad report and a good report. Examples of bad paragraphs and bad slides. |
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| Tuesday, 4/17 | example embedded system: bite counter | |||
| Thursday, 4/19 | Microsoft anti-trust case | Lab 8 due. No code turned in. Hardcopies collected in class. Final topics due by 12 Noon so that the schedule can be determined and presented during class. |
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| Tuesday, 4/24 | final presentations | |||
| Thursday, 4/26 | final presentations | Final reports due. Hardcopies collected in class. |