IAS0230 Basics of Embedded Systems

The Basics of Embedded Systems (BES) course targets hardware (HW) architectures and software (SW) design methods for performance and energy-efficient embedded systems. Modern 32-bit  microcontroller (ARM Cortex-M) architectures, embedded software development and debugging, timing and multithreading concepts, sensor and actuator integration and wireless communication within the Internet-of-things (IoT) are central topics in this course.

Students by completion of this course should be able to:

• understand the concepts and architectures of embedded systems and embedded systems design flow
• understand microcontroller architectures (clocking, memory, interrupt handling, IO and integrated peripheral)
• understand ARM Cortex-M microcontroller architecture
• program and debug ARM Cortex-M in assembler and in C/C99/C++ using professional development environment
• debug using simulation, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers
• build and test circuits with various I/O devices (switches, analog I/O, LEDs, stepper motors, smart sensors, displays, etc.)
• build and test control-oriented systems
• build and test basic IoT devices
• understand the concepts of real-time embedded systems
• understand the concepts of low-power design
• know embedded systems optimization opportunities and techniques
• use professional embedded systems development tools and methodology