Course

Introduction to embedded systems: Definition and characteristics of embedded systems, Categories, Functional, Temporal and dependability requirements, Embedded system building blocks, embedded systems design, applications.

Embedded hardware and software design fundamentals: History of processor architectures: scalar, vector, superscalar architecture, VLIW, EPIC, SMT, Multicore and multiprocessor architectures. Memory systems and memory hierarchy. Sensors and actuators: Types, Interfacing, Signal conditioning. Signal and communication interfaces. Embedded Firmware: RTOS, Device drivers, Application software, Software development life cycle. Selection criteria for components of embedded systems.

Embedded system models and design challenges: Introduction to distributed system models: High-performance computing, Grid computing, Cloud computing, Many-core computing, Many-task computing, Data-intensive computing, Parallel architecture, and Multithreaded programming. Design challenges: Power, Performance, Security, Reliability, Development and debugging tools: Compilers, Linkers,Linker scripts, Loaders, Emulators, Debuggers.

Pre-requisite: Nil   

Course Objectives:

• To introduce fundamental concepts, architecture, and design challenges of embedded systems.
• To understand hardware and software design approaches of embedded systems.
• To familiarize modelling and interfacing of embedded processors.
• To explore embedded system design challenges. 

Course Outcomes:

• CO1: Understand the fundamentals of embedded and distributed systems.  
• CO2: Familiarize different communication methods. 
• CO3: Understand hardware and software design approaches of embedded systems.  
• CO4: Familiarize embedded system memory hierarchy, models and design challenges.  

CO-PO Mapping:

1. Vahid and T. Givargis, Embedded System Design: A Unified Hardware/Software Introduction, 3rd ed. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. 
2. V. Shibu, Introduction to Embedded Systems, 2nd ed. New Delhi, India: Tata McGraw-Hill Education, 2016. 
3. P. Douglas, Real-Time UML: Developing Efficient Objects for Embedded Systems, 2nd ed. Boston, MA, USA: Addison-Wesley, 2004. 
4. Coulouris, J. Dollimore, T. Kindberg, G. Blair, “Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design,” Addison Wesley, Fifth edition, 2012.