| CODE | CCE3010 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Embedded Systems | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Communications and Computer Engineering | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Objectives: Gain familiarity with the high-end 8051 family of microcontrollers used in an Integrated Development Environment (IDE by KEIL ©), running a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS). The self-developed RTOS operating systems PaulOS (co-operative) and MagnOS (pre-emptive), adapted to the advanced boards will be used as tools in various practical examples. Syllabus: • Mixed Assembly and High-level language (C) programming environment revisited, with examples. • Familiarisation with the C8051F020 Target Board or equivalent. • Further advanced examples using the full capability of the PaulOS co-operative RTOS (done in CCE2014). • Further Debugging techniques and Code optimization in an RTOS environment. • Description of the MagnOS Pre-Emptive RTOS – task priority constraints. • Practical examples using the MagnOS RTOS. • RTOS in a multi-controller environment. • Serial busses: I2C, CAN, USB, Firewire • Flash memories • Software Version Control Systems. Laboratory Work: Examples of topics covered in theory ending with an assignment. Students are urged to buy their own development board (similar to the Silicon Labs C8051F020TB). Textbooks: • PaulOS – an 8051 Real-Time Operating System by Paul P. Debono, Bookboon.com, 2013. (free ebook) • The 8051 Microcontroller, 3rd ed. by I. Scott MacKenzie, Prentice-Hall ISBN 0 –13-780008-8. References: • C and the 8051 - 3rd ed. by Thomas Schultz, Prentice-Hall ISBN 1-58961-237-X. • Embedded System Design with the C8051 by Han-Way Huang, Cengage Learning ISBN 978-0-495-66764-3. • Embedded Programming by M.T. Chew and G. S. Gupta, Silicon Labs. • Other product manuals and data sheets. |
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| RULES/CONDITIONS | Before TAKING THIS UNIT YOU MUST TAKE CCE2014 | |||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Tutorial and Practical | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Paul P. Debono |
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