AME 3623: Embedded Real-Time Systems
(Spring 2010)

This course provides an introduction to integrated hardware/software solutions in computational systems with sensing and actuation. Today, devices including microwave ovens, VCRs, high-speed trains, automobiles, cochlear implants, and artificial limbs routinely employ a variety of embedded microcontrollers for process control. We will explore the concepts fundamental to these applications while designing and building our own robot controllers.

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• design and implement embedded circuits involving microcontrollers, sensors, and actuators,
• design, program and debug embedded sensing and control software,
• work in collaborative teams to solve system design and implementation problems, and
• communicate in both oral and written forms with team members.

This is a very hands-on class: every student will be involved in the design, implementation, and programming for the laboratory exercises. Note that this component of the class will involve a non-trivial amount of time; students should plan their schedules accordingly.

Topics will include:

• digital logic and Boolean Algebra,
• sequential logic,
• number representations and arithmetic,
• basic microprocessor design,
• embedded system development environments,
• processor input/output implementations and electronic interfaces (including analog-to-digital translation),
• serial protocols and implementation,
• controller design and implementation,
• basics of operating systems (including concurrency and real-time issues), and
• issues in embedded hardware design and debugging.

Instructor: Andrew H. Fagg Office: DEH 243
Email: fagg--cs.ou.edu
Phone: 325-8606
Office Hours

Teaching assistant: Di Wang
Email: di ou.edu
Office Hours

Lecture Time: T/Th 9:00-10:15
Lecture Location: Carson Engineering 123

Textbooks: we will be drawing our readings from the net and from several book sources (electronic copies of these latter readings will be posted to D2L).

Optional supplementary textbooks are available through the OU book store:

• Designing Embedded Hardware, John Catsoulis, O'Reilly, 2005, 2nd Edition, ISBN: 0-596-00755-8

• Embedded C Programming and the Atmel AVR, Richard H. Barnett, Sarah Cox, Larry O'Cull (2006), 2nd Edition, Thomson/Delmar Learning, ISBN: 1418039594

Important Pages

• Course Syllabus

• Semester Schedule

• Desire to Learn

• Lecture Notes

• Homework Assignments

• Atmel HOWTO

• Projects

• Quizzes
  • Quiz 1 solutions: postscript and pdf

• Exams
  • Midterm: (in postscript and pdf)
    Solutions (in postscript and pdf).

  • Final exam (in postscript and pdf)
    

fagg at cs.ou.edu

Last modified: Wed May 19 16:59:54 2010