CS 145 ~ Embedded Software & Associated Lab

Professor Amir M. Rahmani

Principles of embedded computing systems: embedded systems architecture, hardware/software components, system software and interfacing, real-time operating systems, hardware/software co-development, and communication issues. Examples of embedded computing in real-world application domains. Simple programming using an embedded systems development environment.

Basics

Lecture: Tue/Thu 11:00-12:20pm, In-person @ EH 1200
Labs: WebSoc & Follow TA Instructions
TAs: Yong Huang (yongh7@uci.edu), Salar Jafarlou (jafarlos@uci.edu), Junchen Zhao (junchez3@uci.edu)
Grade: Homework 20%, Projects 60%, Final 20% (i.e., Project 5)
Final Exam: Tue, Jun 11, 10:30-12:30pm

Rules

  • Must be enrolled in a CS 145 lab too
  • No mobile-phones during lecture (switch off or silent)
  • Late submissions not accepted
  • Information on this site will be updated, check often
  • For academic integrity see campus policies
  • For add/drop deadlines see campus policies
  • Submit homework via Canvas by deadline
  • Submit projects via Canvas by deadline

Book

Programming Embedded Systems by Frank Vahid and Tony Givargis

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Tools & Parts

You'll need some stuff to build the projects for this course. These tools & parts will need to be purchased. The instructor will go over the possibility of working in teams of two. If you decide to work in teams of two, you can share one set of these tools & parts. Please complete and sign this contract if you decide to work as a team.

Topics

  • Introduction
  • Embedded Programming
  • State Machines
  • Synchronous SMs
  • Concurrent synchSMs
  • I/O
  • Peripherals
  • Task Scheduler
  • Programming Issues
  • Control Systems
  • Digital Signal Processing

Resources

Homework

  1. Read and Perform Activities of zyBook Chapters 1-2, 5%
  2. Read and Perform Activities of zyBook Chapters 3-5, 5%
  3. Read and Perform Activities of zyBook Chapters 6-7, 5%
  4. Read and Perform Activities of zyBook Chapters 8-9, 5%
  5. Read and Perform Activities of zyBook Chapters 11-12, 5%

Projects

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