Topics include data in embedded systems, displays, codecs, processor and bus "flavors", the boot process, real-time scheduling and device drivers.
Instructor: Adam Hoover
Teaching assistant: Shashi Shivaraju, email shonnah@clemson.edu Syllabus| Day | Lecture topics (instructor notes) | Extra references | Lab assigned | Lab due | |
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| Thursday, 1/10 | Introduction, embedded system data types | ||||
| Tuesday, 1/15 | Images, displays | An example C program that reads a PPM format image. | |||
| Thursday, 1/17 | 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, 1/22 | Image bits, introduction to lab computers (EEC 468L) | ||||
| Thursday, 1/24 | Helper programs, test cases | ||||
| Tuesday, 1/29 | RLE codec | lab 2 - RLE codec. See above link for images. | Lab 1 due. Code must be emailed to assign server by midnight, 1/29. Demo session days/times in Riggs 304 Tuesday 1/29 1-3pm and Wednesday 1/30 4-6pm. | ||
| Thursday, 1/31 | LZW codec | Worksheet to practice LZW decoding. | lab 3 - LZW codec. See above link for images. | ||
| Tuesday, 2/5 | Huffman codec | lab 4 - Huffman codec. See above link for images. | Lab 2 due. Code must be emailed to assign server by midnight, 2/5. Demo session days/times in Riggs 304 Tuesday 2/5 1-3pm and Wednesday 2/6 4-6pm. | ||
| Thursday, 2/7 | JPEG codec | Partner suggestions solicitied. | |||
| Tuesday, 2/12 | buses | Partner teams determined. | Lab 3 due. Code must be emailed to assign server by midnight, 2/12. Demo session days/times in Riggs 304 Tuesday 2/12 1-3pm and Wednesday 2/13 4-6pm. | ||
| Thursday, 2/14 | microcontrollers | ||||
| Tuesday, 2/19 | digital signal processors (DSP chips) | ||||
| Thursday, 2/21 | 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, 2/26 | graphics processors (GPUs) |
The relationship between image pixels, rays and triangles. The concept of a z-buffer. Using vertex colors during triangle rendering. The effect of indirect lighting. A 2D example of surface normal interpolation. A comparison of color vs surface normal interpolation. How textures are applied to triangles. |
Lab 4 due. Code must be emailed to assign server by midnight, 2/26. Demo session days/times in Riggs 304 Tuesday 2/26 1-3pm and Wednesday 2/27 4-6pm. | ||
| Thursday, 2/28 | example presentations: ARM processors and SHARC DSPs. Which is good and which is bad? | Midterm. Topics solicited. | |||
| Tuesday, 3/5 | Intellectual property protection | ||||
| Thursday, 3/7 | 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. | Lab 5 due. Code must be emailed to assign server by midnight, 3/7. Demo session days/times in Riggs 304 Thursday 3/7 1-3pm and Friday 3/8 4-6pm. | |
| Tuesday, 3/12 | midterm presentations | ||||
| Thursday, 3/14 | midterm presentations | Midterm presentations and reports due. Email to TA. | |||
| Tuesday, 3/19 | no class - Spring break | ||||
| Thursday, 3/21 | no class - Spring break | ||||
| Tuesday, 3/26 | JTAG (chip debugging) | Class evaluations of presentations due. Online link to use will be distributed via email. | |||
| Thursday, 3/28 | 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 3/28 1-3pm and Friday 3/29 4-6pm. | ||
| Tuesday, 4/2 | real-time O/S | Scheduling examples. | |||
| Thursday, 4/4 | rate monotonic analysis | RMA protocol examples, excerpt from Briand and Roy's book. | |||
| Tuesday, 4/9 | 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 4/9 1-3pm and Wednesday 4/10 4-6pm. | |
| Thursday, 4/11 | 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, 4/16 | example embedded system: bite counter | ||||
| Thursday, 4/18 | 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, 4/23 | final presentations | ||||
| Thursday, 4/25 | final presentations | Final reports due. Hardcopies collected in class. |
