18-348 Embedded System Engineering

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Required Text: Valvano, Embedded Microcomputer Systems: Real Time Interfacing, 2nd Edition, ISBN 0534551629
Required Hardware: You will be loaned a microcontroller board for the course based on the Freescale MC9S12C32 processor (one per student) and a prototype board (one per team). You must return these boards at the end of the semester, but they will be available if you choose to take 18-549 in a later semester.

Handouts are provided in class. Lecture materials are only available in printed form.

Meeting Date	Scheduled Lecture	Reading Valvano text unless otherwise noted .pdf links are CMU-only access
Mon. 24-Aug-09	1. Course Intro & Background	Valvano book sections: 1.2, 1.5 E-mail lab partner requests to course staff today by 9 PM at:
Wed. 26-Aug-09	2. Embedded Hardware	1.1, 1.4, 1.8
Fri. 28-Aug-09	Recitation	Lab #1
Mon. 31-Aug-09	3. Microcontroller Instruction Set - Part 1	1.6, 2.1-2.2.8, 2.2.10
Wed. 2-Sep-09	4. Microcontroller Instruction Set - Part 2	2.2.9, 2.2.11, 2.2.12, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.4
Fri. 4-Sep-09	Recitation	Lab #2
Mon. 7-Sep-09	NO CLASS - Labor Day Holiday
Wed. 9-Sep-09	5. Engineering Process & Design Techniques	1.3, 2.3, 2.4.5, 2.5.3, 2.6, Gannsle98a, Wolf07 -- state machine section only
Fri. 11-Sep-09	Recitation	Lab #3
Mon. 14-Sep-09	6. Embedded Language Use	2.5.1, 2.5.2, Jones98
Wed. 16-Sep-09	7. Coding Tricks; Multiprecision Math; Reviews	Crenshaw97, Gannsle98b
Fri. 18-Sep-09	Recitation	Lab #4
Mon. 21-Sep-09	8. Memory and Memory Bus	1.9, 9.1-9.2.2, 9.3-9.4.1, 9.6.2, 9.8, Barr01, Freescale04
Wed. 23-Sep-09	9. Economics, Code Optimization, and Fixed Point	1.5.5, 2.1, Kraeling96
Fri. 25-Sep-09	Recitation	Lab #5
Mon. 28-Sep-09	10. Serial Ports	3.1, 3.4, 7.1, 7.2, 7.5.1-7.5.2, 7.6.3; (wikipedia)
Wed. 30-Sep-09	11. Debug & Test	2.11, Schneider04, Knoke08
Fri. 2-Oct-09	Recitation	Lab #6
Mon. 5-Oct-09	12. Time; Timer/Counters; Watchdog Timers (this material is on second exam, not first exam)	2.4.2-2.4.4, 6.1.4-6.1.5.1; Murphy01
Wed. 7-Oct-09	First Exam	NONE
Fri. 9-Oct-09	Recitation	Lab #7
Mon. 12-Oct-09	13. Interrupts	4.1, 4.4, Massey01, Ganssle94
Wed. 14-Oct-09	14. Interrupt & Cyclic Task Response Timing	Ball02; Interrupt latency hand-out
Fri. 16-Oct-09	NO RECITATION - Mid-Semester Break
Mon. 19-Oct-09	15. Preemptive Context Switching	4.15, 5.1, Labross03, Kalinsky01
Wed. 21-Oct-09	16. Concurrency	2.9, 4.2, 4.3, 5.2, 5.3,Ganssle01
Fri. 23-Oct-09	Recitation Guest: Michael Abowd, General Motors	Lab #8
Mon. 26-Oct-09	17. Scheduling	3.5.2, 5.4, Stewart01, Stewart02
Wed. 28-Oct-09	18. RTOS	Renwick04, Jones97, Hawley03
Fri. 30-Oct-09	Recitation	Lab #9
Mon. 2-Nov-09	19. Analog Outputs	11.4, 6.2.3-6.2.4, 6.7, Barr01
Wed. 4-Nov-09	20. Analog Inputs	3.5.4, 11.5. 11.10.2, 12.3.2, Maxim05, Maxim05a, Wagner02
Fri. 6-Nov-09	Recitation	Lab #10
Mon. 9-Nov-09	21. Other I/O	8.1-8.3, 8.6
Wed. 11-Nov-09	22. Control	13.1-13.4, Barr02
Fri. 13-Nov-09	Recitation	Lab #11
Mon. 16-Nov-09	23. Booting & Robust Systems	4.5-4.7, Gollakota06
Wed. 18-Nov-09	24. Bluetooth & CAN	TBD
Fri. 20-Nov-09	Recitation
Mon. 23-Nov-09	25. Therac 25	Leveson (especially sections 3.5.3, 3.6.1, 4 and pg 42)
Wed. 25-Nov-09 Fri. 27-Nov-09	NO CLASS; No recitation this week -- Thanksgiving Holiday Break
Mon. 30-Nov-09	Review for second exam (bring questions)	Recommended: Gannsle06, Ganssle09
Wed. 2-Dec-09	Second Exam	NONE
Fri. 4-Dec-09	Selected lab demos during recitation	NONE

• Many lectures have a corresponding lab assignment, which includes both homework and in-lab activities. Lab numbers track the corresponding lecture numbers, so there are intentional gaps in lab numbers.
• Dates and topics are subject to change; however we will do everything reasonably possible to keep the two exam dates from changing.

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