Topics include data in embedded systems, displays, codecs, processor and bus "flavors", the boot process, real-time scheduling and device drivers.
Zoom link for live class. Instructor: Adam Hoover
Teaching assistant: John Lawler, email lawler6@g.clemson.edu Syllabus| Day | Lecture topics (instructor notes) | Extra references | Lab assigned | Lab due |
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| Thursday, 1/13 | Introduction, embedded system data types. | |||
| Tuesday, 1/18 | Images, displays. Zoom 2022 | An example C program that reads a PPM format image. Coding challenge. | ||
| Thursday, 1/20 | introduction to lab computers | lab 1 - image display. remote learning version. The code stubs for the X version and Windows version of the lab. See above link for images. | ||
| Tuesday, 1/25 | Colormaps, image bits Zoom 2022 | |||
| Thursday, 1/27 | Helper programs, test cases Zoom 2022 | |||
| Tuesday, 2/1 | RLE codec Zoom 2022 | lab 2 - RLE codec. See above link for images. | Lab 1 due. Code must be submitted to canvas by the end of this day. Demo sessions by appointment in Riggs 309. | |
| Thursday, 2/3 | LZW codec Zoom 2022 | Worksheet to practice LZW decoding. | lab 3 - LZW codec. See above link for images. | |
| Tuesday, 2/8 | Huffman codec Zoom | lab 4 - Huffman codec.
See above link for images. Partner suggestions solicitied. |
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| Thursday, 2/10 | JPEG codec Zoom 2022 | Lab 2 due. Code must be submitted to canvas by the end of this day. Demo sessions by appointment via zoom. | ||
| Tuesday, 2/15 | microcontrollers Zoom 2022 | |||
| Thursday, 2/17 | digital signal processors (DSP chips) Zoom 2022 | |||
| Tuesday, 2/22 | buses Zoom 2022 | Partner teams determined. | Lab 3 due. Code must be submitted to canvas by the end of this day. Demo sessions by appointment via zoom. | |
| Thursday, 2/24 | triangle rendering Zoom 2022 | See John Burkardt's site for a large selection of PLY files. Examples 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, 3/1 | graphics processors (GPUs) Zoom 2022 |
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. |
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| Thursday, 3/3 | example presentations: ARM processors and SHARC DSPs. Which is good and which is bad? Zoom 2022 | Midterm. Topics solicited. | ||
| Tuesday, 3/8 | JTAG (chip debugging) Zoom 2022 | Lab 4 due. Code must be submitted to canvas by the end of this day. Demo sessions by appointment via zoom. | ||
| Thursday, 3/10 | Intellectual Property | midterm topics due | ||
| Tuesday, 3/15 | midterm presentations | Online links to use will be distributed via email/canvas. | ||
| Thursday, 3/17 | midterm presentations | Online links to use will be distributed via email/canvas. | ||
| Tuesday, 3/22 | no class - Spring break | |||
| Thursday, 3/24 | no class - Spring break | |||
| Tuesday, 3/29 | the boot process Zoom 2022 | 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 submitted to canvas by the end of this day.
Demo sessions by appointment via zoom.
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| Thursday, 3/31 | Microsoft anti-trust case Zoom | |||
| Tuesday, 4/5 | Embedded system development Zoom 2022 | |||
| Thursday, 4/7 | device drivers Zoom 2022 | 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 sessions by appointment in Riggs 309. | |
| Tuesday, 4/12 | real-time O/S Zoom 2022 | Scheduling examples. | Final. Topics solicited. A bad report and a good report. |
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| Thursday, 4/14 | dynamic scheduling protocols Zoom 2022 | RMA protocol examples, excerpt from Briand and Roy's book. | ||
| Tuesday, 4/19 | rate monotonic analysis Zoom | 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 sessions by appointment in Riggs 309. |
| Thursday, 4/21 | example embedded system: bite counter Zoom 2022 | Final topics due by 12 Noon so that the schedule can be determined and presented during class. | ||
| Tuesday, 4/26 | final presentations | |||
| Thursday, 4/28 | final presentations | Lab 8 due. Code and report must be posted to canvas by the
end of this day. Final presentation report must be posted to canvas by the end of this day. |
