Embedded Systems (H7061)
Embedded Systems
Module H7061
Module details for 2018/19.
15 credits
FHEQ Level 5
Module Outline
An embedded system is a programmed controlling and operating system that is designed to carry out a specific task. It is embedded as part of a complete device often including hardware and mechanical parts. Embedded systems control many devices in common use today. This module aims to introduce students to the design, implementation, modelling of embedded systems, focusing in particular microcontroller based embedded systems. This includes the architectural principles of microcontrollers and the interrelationships between hardware and software. Students will learn how to design and deploy microcontroller based embedded systems for use in real world applications. It will consist of a series of lectures and project labs. Having completed the module, students will study the higher level subjects such as Control Engineering, Digital Signal Processing, Sensor Systems and Applications and will be able to develop their own embedded systems in their final year projects.
Module Topics
This module introduces students to the modelling, design, and analysis of contemporary and future embedded systems: integrations of computation and communication with physical processes:
- Actuators and sampling
- Analog to Digital and Digital to Analog Converter
- Assembly language and pseudocode
- Communication interfaces
- Concurrent composition of state machines and hierarchical modelling
- Embedded processors
- Equivalence and refinement
- Event/Time driven programming
- Feedback control
- Finite-state machines
- I/O hardware
- Interrupts and exceptions
- Linear temporal logic
- Memory architectures
- Multitasking and scheduling
- Pulse width modulation
- Reachability analysis and model checking
- Sensors and discretisation
- Timed automata and supervisory control
- Timer/Counter
AHEP3 Learning Outcomes
SM1p EA1p EA2p EA3p EA4p D5p D5m ET5p ET5m EP1p EP2p EP1m EP2m EP9m EP10m
Library
Core reading:
Lee, Edward A. and Seshia, Sanjit A., Introduction to Embedded Systems, A Cyber-Physical Systems Approach, Second Edition, http://LeeSeshia.org, ISBN 978-1-312-42740-2, 2015.
Module learning outcomes
To gain a working knowledge of the architectural principles of microcomputer systems and the interrelationships between hardware and software.
To gain a working knowledge of the design of low-complexity embedded systems utilising the various interfacing modules of the microcontroller to the outside world.
Ability to demonstrate the software application of microcontroller interfacing and the use of controller systems to implement timing and interrupt requirements.
Demonstrate software algorithmic skills required to control autonomous embedded systems.
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Multiple Choice questions | Semester 2 Assessment Week 2 Wed 14:00 | 50.00% |
| Coursework | 50.00% | |
| Coursework components. Weighted as shown below. | ||
| Project | PS2 Week 1 | 80.00% |
| Test | T2 Week 5 (1 hour) | 20.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Semester | Laboratory | 3 hours | 11111111100 |
| Spring Semester | Lecture | 2 hours | 11111111111 |
| Spring Semester | Laboratory | 4 hours | 00000000010 |
How to read the week pattern
The numbers indicate the weeks of the term and how many events take place each week.
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