EC2042 EMBEDDED AND REAL TIME SYSTEMS

EC2042 EMBEDDED AND REAL TIME SYSTEMS L T P C

3 0 0 3

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO EMBEDDED COMPUTING 9

Complex systems and microprocessors – Design example: Model train controller –

Embedded system design process – Formalism for system design – Instruction sets

Preliminaries – ARM Processor – CPU: Programming input and output – Supervisor

mode, exception and traps – Coprocessor – Memory system mechanism – CPU

performance – CPU power consumption.

UNIT II COMPUTING PLATFORM AND DESIGN ANALYSIS 9

CPU buses – Memory devices – I/O devices – Component interfacing – Design with

microprocessors – Development and Debugging – Program design – Model of programs

– Assembly and Linking – Basic compilation techniques – Analysis and optimization of

execution time, power, energy, program size – Program validation and testing.

UNIT III PROCESS AND OPERATING SYSTEMS 9

Multiple tasks and multi processes – Processes – Context Switching – Operating

Systems –Scheduling policies - Multiprocessor – Inter Process Communication

mechanisms – Evaluating operating system performance – Power optimization

strategies for processes.

UNIT IV HARDWARE ACCELERATES & NETWORKS 9

Accelerators – Accelerated system design – Distributed Embedded Architecture –

Networks for Embedded Systems – Network based design – Internet enabled systems.

UNIT V CASE STUDY 9

Hardware and software co-design - Data Compressor - Software Modem – Personal

Digital Assistants – Set–Top–Box. – System-on-Silicon – FOSS Tools for embedded

system development.

TOTAL= 45 PERIODS

TEXT BOOK:

1) Wayne Wolf, “Computers as Components - Principles of Embedded Computer

System Design”, Morgan Kaufmann Publisher, 2006.

REFERENCES:

1) David E-Simon, “An Embedded Software Primer”, Pearson Education, 2007.

2) K.V.K.K.Prasad, “Embedded Real-Time Systems: Concepts, Design &

Programming”, dreamtech press, 2005.

3) Tim Wilmshurst, “An Introduction to the Design of Small Scale Embedded Systems”,

Pal grave Publisher, 2004.

4) Sriram V Iyer, Pankaj Gupta, “Embedded Real Time Systems Programming”, Tata

Mc-Graw Hill, 2004.

5) Tammy Noergaard, “Embedded Systems Architecture”, Elsevier,2006.