Embedded Software Design
2023/2024
Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module
The module builds on knowledge gained in Imperative ProgrammingContent, progress and pedagogy of the module
Contents:
- Machine language
- Assembler
- Number theory/Number representation
- State machines
- System SW: compiler, linker, loader
- Device drivers
- Kernel / RTOS
- Analysis and design of SW for embedded systems
- Scheduling:
- round robin, fixed priorities
- schedulability criteria
- Foundations of algorithms
- Iteration
- Induction
- Recursion
- Search and sort algorithms
- Arrays
- Linked lists
- Trees
- Simple sorting algorithms
Learning objectives
Knowledge
- Operating systems, incl.
- Inter Process Communication (IPC)
- Access to peripherals
- Task dispatching
Skills
- Application of various scheduling principles
- Application of Inter Process Communication
Competences
- Design of multi-tasking programs on given operating systems.
- Design of operating systems, incl.
- Memory consumption
- Context switch overhead
- Pipelining
- Interrupt handling
- Design and implementation of software systems on application level
Type of instruction
Lectures with assignment and self-study
Exam
Exams
| Name of exam | Embedded Software Design |
| Type of exam | Written or oral exam |
| ECTS | 5 |
| Assessment | Passed/Not Passed |
| Type of grading | Internal examination |
| Criteria of assessment | The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures |
Facts about the module
| Danish title | Design af indlejret software |
| Module code | ESNEITB4K2 |
| Module type | Course |
| Duration | 1 semester |
| Semester | Spring
|
| ECTS | 5 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Empty-place Scheme | Yes |
| Location of the lecture | Campus Aalborg |
| Responsible for the module | |
| Used in | |
Organisation
| Study Board | Study Board of Electronics and IT |
| Department | Department of Electronic Systems |
| Faculty | The Technical Faculty of IT and Design |
