18-649 Distributed Embedded Systems

Fall 2012
Carnegie Mellon University, ECE Department

Lectures: MW 12:30-2:20; Wean 5403
Recitation: Friday 1:30-1:50; Wean 5403, plus team meetings

NEWS:

TA Office Hours posted. See the Administrative Notes page for dates/times. Office hours in the undergrad lounge (HH first floor by vending machines) temporarily.
AFS directories have been set up with permissions. If you have a problem and can't resolve it by Thu evening then e-mail a .zip file with your submission to the course staff and let us know so we can resolve the problem before Project 2 comes due.
We will send out e-mail as soon as we know about room change request info.

Site Map

Be sure to look at the full Administrative Notes page!
Take a look at the historical weekly student hour data to see what to expect in terms of workload. and Fall 2012 FCEs (especially comments) to see what students think of the course.
Here is the Project Launch Page
Look at the example portfolio here.
Submit weekly progress update here by 9 PM each Friday using your Andrew credentials.
If you can't access a file due to access restrictions, you need to get a campus IP address for your web browsing requests. Use Cisco VPN Anyconnect and select "library access" to get one.

Required text for 2011: Koopman, Better Embedded System Software, ISBN-13: 978-0-9844490-0-2. USE THIS LINK FOR SPECIAL STUDENT PRICE. (Link to Book Blog).

Note: materials and assignments are draft until gray box background is removed.

Meeting Date	Lecture	Required Reading .pdf links are CMU-only access; use the "Digging deeper" links to see citations.	Project Milestones (Projects Due Evenings at 10:00 PM)
Mon. 27-Aug-2012	1. Course Overview & Introduction	Text Chapters 2, 3 Digging deeper Required Reading (.pdf)
Wed. 29-Aug-2012	2. Elevators as a distributed embedded application	Required Reading: (.pdf); Text Chapter 5 Digging Deeper
Fri. 31-Aug-12	Recitation 1 3. Lecture: Boeing 777 Validation Testing	Required Reading (.pdf*) Digging Deeper
Mon 3-Sep-12	*Mon. 3-Sep-2012; Labor Day; no class*
Wed. 5-Sep-12	4. Requirements and Methodical Engineering Guests: Garret Lee & Eric Lieberman, Boeing	Text Chapters 6, 8, 9 Digging Deeper	Wed 5-Sep: Team requests due via e-mail by 5 PM Due Thu 6-Sep Proj. 1 (requirements; simulator)
Fri. 7-Sep-12	Recitation 2		Progress by 9 PM (W02; there is no W01)
Mon. 10-Sep-12	5. UML-Based Design Process	Required Reading (.pdf) Text Chapter 12 Digging Deeper
Wed. 12-Sep-12	6. End-to-end design example	Text Chapters 7, 13 Digging Deeper	Due Fri 14-Sep Proj. 2 (scenarios; sequence diagrams)
Fri. 14-Sep-12	Recitation 3		Progress by 9 PM (W03)
Mon. 17-Sep-12	7. Distributed + Embedded Systems	Required Reading (.pdf) Text Chapters 10, 11 Digging Deeper
Wed. 19-Sep-12	8. Reviews & Software Process	Text Chapters 17, 22 Digging Deeper	Thu 20-Sep Proj. 3 (event-triggered behavioral requirements)
Fri. 21-Sep-12	Recitation 4	admin.html	Progress by 9 PM (W04)
Mon. 24-Sep-12	9. Embedded Software Testing	Required Reading (.pdf); Text Chapter 23, 24 Digging Deeper
Wed. 26-Sep-12	10. Embedded Communication Protocols	Required Reading (.html*) Digging Deeper	Thu 27-Sep Proj. 4 (time-triggered design)a
Fri. 28-Sep-12	Recitation 5		Progress by 9 PM (W05)
Mon. 1-Oct-12	11. CAN Protocol	Required Reading (.pdf*) Digging Deeper
Wed. 3-Oct-12	12. CAN Performance	Required Reading (.pdf*) Digging Deeper	Thu 4-Oct Proj. 5 (implementation & start tests)
Fri. 5-Oct-12	Recitation 6		Progress by 9 PM (W06)
Mon. 8-Oct-12	Test #1 (Lectures 1-12)	See example test on Blackboard Documents
Wed. 10-Oct-12	13. Embedded System Engineering Economics 14. Advanced elevator behavior	Required Reading (local) Text Chapter 16, 18 Suggested: .html Digging Deeper	Thu 11-Oct Proj. 6 (implement & test)
Fri. 12-Oct-12	Recitation 7		Progress by 9 PM (W07)
Mon. 15-Oct-12	15. Verification, Validation & Certification	Text Chapters 21, 25 Digging Deeper
Wed. 17-Oct-12	16. End-To-End System Scheduling	Required Reading (.pdf) Text Chapter 14 Suggested RMA reading: Obenza if you are weak on RMA Digging Deeper	Thu 18-Oct Proj. 7 (Basic run time monitor; Basic acceptance tests; Mid-Semester Project Hand-in; Worth 10 points of course grade!)
Fri. 19-Oct-12	Mid-Semester Break No recitation; no TA meetings; no office hours	Recitation 8 Slides	Progress by 9 PM (OK to submit on Thursday Oct 18) (W08)
Mon. 22-Oct-12	17. Humans as a System Component	Required Reading: Text Chapter 15 Digging Deeper
Wed. 24-Oct-12	TA-led Project Q&A	Presentation Slide Format: (.ppt \| .pdf )	Thu 25-Oct Proj. 8 (smart dispatcher and fast speed reqts.)
Fri. 26-Oct-12	Recitation 9		Presentation slides due via e-mail Friday 26-Oct-12 at 5 PM Progress by 9 PM (W09)
Mon. 29-Oct-12	In-class presentations: Groups 1, 3, 5, 7, 14, 11, 13
Wed. 31-Oct-12	In-class presentations: Groups 17, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 9		Thu 1-Nov Proj. 9 (smart dispatcher design) No-penalty extension to Friday at 10 PM.
Fri. 2-Nov-12	12:30-1:30: In-class presentations: Groups 15, 16, 2, 18 1:30: Recitation 10		Progress by 9 PM (W10)
Mon. 5-Nov-12	18. Dependability/Reliability	Required Reading: Text Chapter 26 Digging Deeper
Wed. 7-Nov-12	19. Critical Systems & Software Safety	Required Reading (.pdf*) Text Chapter 28 Digging Deeper	Thu 8-Nov Proj. 10 (network schedule; testing)
Fri. 9-Nov-12	Recitation 11		Progress by 9 PM (W11)
Mon. 12-Nov-12	20. Critical Systems Engineering	Required Reading: Text Chapters 29, 30 Digging Deeper
Wed. 14-Nov-12	21. Distributed Timekeeping	Required Reading (.pdf*) Digging Deeper	Thu 15-Nov Proj. 11 (run time monitoring)
Fri. 16-Nov-12	Recitation 12		Progress by 9 PM (W12)
Mon. 19-Nov-12	22. Embedded Internet & Embedded Security	Required Reading: Text Chapter 27 Digging Deeper
	Thanksgiving Break Wed 21-Nov-12 -- Fri 23-Nov-12; no recitation 13; no office hours		Progress by 9 PM Friday (can submit early) (W13)
Mon. 26-Nov-12	23. FlexRay Protocol 24. Ethics & Societal Impact	23. Required Reading (.pdf*) Digging Deeper 24. Required Reading (.pdf) Digging Deeper
Wed. 28-Nov-12	Test #2 (covers lectures 13-24)	See example test on Blackboard Documents	Fri 30-Nov Proj. 12 (faster drive)
Fri. 30-Nov-12	Recitation 14		Progress by 9 PM (W14) Final presentation slides due Sunday 2-Dec-12 at 5 PM Presentation format: (.ppt \| .pdf)
Mon. 3-Dec-12	In-class presentations: Groups 18, 16, 9, 12, 10, 8
Wed. 5-Dec-12	In-class presentations: Groups 17, 15, 13, 11, 14, 7
Fri. 7-Dec-12	In-class presentations: Groups 5, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1		Progress by 9 PM (W15)
Tue. 11-Dec-12	(No class meetings this week)		Tue 11-Dec Proj. 13 (final testing) Worth 10 points of course grade!
Wed. 12-Dec-12	(No class meetings this week) All groups demo with a TA; times to be arranged. It is OK to demo before this date with prior TA arrangement.		Progress by 9 PM (W16)

Notes:

* emphasizes testable required reading. Testable required reading is text chapters for lectures that have them, plus non-text required reading annotated with a "*".
Boxes with shaded background are previous-year information and have not been updated for this year yet.
Test dates will not change unless the university closes or cancels classes on that date.
Presentation dates are fixed; date swaps must be arranged by teams AND approved by course staff at least 24 hours in advance.
Dates and topics are subject to change; however we will do everything reasonably possible to keep presentation dates and project deadlines from changing.