AP7203 EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

AP7203 EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

UNIT I            INTRODUCTION

Embedded Computers, Characteristics of Embedded Computing Applications, Challenges in Embedded Computing system design, Embedded system design process- Requirements, Specification, Architectural Design, Designing Hardware and Software Components, System Integration, Formalism for System Design- Structural Description, Behavioural Description, Design Example: Model Train Controller, ARM processor- processor and memory organization. 

UNIT II           EMBEDDED PROCESSORS

Data operations, Flow of Control, SHARC processor- Memory organization, Data operations, Flow of Control, parallelism with instructions, CPU Bus configuration, ARM Bus, SHARC Bus, Memory devices, Input/output devices, Component interfacing, designing with microprocessor development and debugging, Design Example : Alarm Clock. Hybrid Architecture 

UNITIII DISTRIBUTED EMBEDDED ARCHITECTURE

Hardware and Software Architectures, Networks for embedded systems- I2C, CAN Bus, SHARC link supports, Ethernet, Myrinet, Internet, Network-Based design- Communication Analysis, system performance Analysis, Hardware platform design, Allocation and scheduling, Design Example: Elevator Controller.

UNIT IV             REAL-TIME CHARACTERISTICS

Clock driven Approach, weighted round robin Approach, Priority driven Approach, Dynamic Versus Static systems, effective release times and deadlines, Optimality of the Earliest deadline first (EDF) algorithm, challenges in validating timing constraints in priority driven systems, Off-line Versus On-line scheduling. 

UNIT V SYSTEM DESIGN TECHNIQUES

Design Methodologies, Requirement Analysis, Specification, System Analysis and Architecture Design, Quality Assurance, Design Example: Telephone PBX- System Architecture, Ink jet printerHardware Design and Software Design, Personal Digital Assistants, Set-top Boxes.

REFERENCES: 

1. Wayne Wolf, “Computers as Components: Principles of Embedded Computing  System Design”, Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 2008. 

2. Jane.W.S. Liu, “Real-Time systems”, Pearson Education Asia, 2000. 

3. C. M. Krishna and K. G. Shin, “Real-Time Systems” , McGraw-Hill, 1997 

4. Frank Vahid and Tony Givargis, “Embedded System Design: A Unified Hardware/Software Introduction” , John Wiley & Sons, 2006.