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Course Name Embedded and Real-Time Systems
Course Code 24AIM443
Program B.Tech. in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Science (Medical Engineering)
Semester VII
Credits 3
Campus Coimbatore

Syllabus

Unit 1

Embedded Systems Overview; Characteristics; Components; Categorization; Requirements; Design challenges; Processor technology; IC technology; Design Technology; Processors (RT- level): custom single purpose processor design, combinational logic, sequential logic.

Unit 2

General Purpose Processors Introduction; Benefits; Basic architecture; Operations: Instruction execution, Pipelining; Programmer’s view; development environment; Selecting a microprocessor.

Unit 3

Communication Interface Need for communication interfaces, RS232/ RS432 / UART, RS422 / RS485, USB, Infrared, IEEE 1394 Firewire, Ethernet, IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN, Bluetooth.

Unit 4

Embedded / RTOS Concepts and Digital Technology Architecture of the Kernel, Tasks and Task scheduler, Interrupt service routines, Semaphores, Mutex, Timers, Priority inversion problem. Logic synthesis, Behavioral synthesis, System synthesis, Hardware/Software co-design, Hardware/Software co-simulation, Reuse of intellectual property codes.

Course Objectives and Outcomes

Course Objectives:

  • To introduce the basics of embedded systems.
  • To introduce the basics of general purpose processors.
  • To learn different communication interfaces.
  • To learn Embedded / RTOS concepts and different design technologies

Course Outcomes:

After completing this course, students should be able to
CO1: Understand the overview and characteristics of embedded systems
CO2: Analyze the requirements and design challenges associated with embedded systems
CO3: Gain insights into the design technology for embedded systems.
CO4: Explore general-purpose processors, their benefits, basic architecture, and operations.

CO-PO Mapping

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References

  1. Givargis, T., Vahid, F. (2003). Embedded System Design: A Unified Hardware/Software Introduction. United States: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated.
  2. Fan, X. (2015). Real-Time Embedded Systems: Design Principles and Engineering Practices. Netherlands: Elsevier Science.
  3. Kamal, R. (2011). Embedded Systems: Architecture, Programming and Design. India: Tata McGraw Hill Education Private
  4. Valvano, J. W. (2011). Embedded Microcomputer Systems: Real Time Interfacing. United States: Cengage Learning.
  5. An Embedded Software Primer (With Cd). (1999). India: Pearson Education.
  6. IEEE Embedded Systems Letters (ISSN-1943-0663) Journal, Elsevier.

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