Unit 1 Introduction to embedded system

2 lecture hours

• Definition of Embedded System
• Embedded Systems Vs General Computing Systems
• History of Embedded Systems
• Introduction to Real Time Embedded system and general purpose computers
• Embedded system components
• Embedded System Design Process
• Classification of an embedded system
• Examples of an embedded system
• Major Application areas

Unit 2 Introduction to different embedded System Architectures 2 4

• 2.1 Instruction Set Architecture 2.1.1 CISC and RISC instruction set architecture 2.2 Basic Embedded Processor/Microcontroller Architecture 2.2.1 CISC Examples 2.2.1.1 Motorola (68HC11) Example 2.2.1.2 8051 2.2.2 RISC Example 2.2.2.1 ARM 2.2.2.2 AVR 2.2.3 DSP Processors 2.2.4 Harvard Architecture 2.2.4.1 PIC (Note:- Compare structures advantages and applications of different architectures.)

Unit 3 ARM Processor

2 lecture hours

• 3.1 ARM processor family
• Application of ARM Processor
• The Acorn RISC machine
• Architectural inheritance
• The ARM programmer’s model
• ARM development tools 3.2 Memory System Architecture 3.2.1 memory types:- RAM, ROM, UVROM
• FLASH Memory
• DRAM 3.2.2 Memory maps
• Registers and addresses

Unit 4 ARM instruction set and Assembly programming

6 lecture hours

• Data processing instructions
• Data transfer instructions
• Control flow instructions
• Conditional execution
• ARM Condition codes
• Software interrupt (SWI)
• Multiply instructions
• Writing simple assembly language programs for ARM, 3-stage pipeline ARM organization
• 5-stage pipeline ARM organization
• Understanding of ARM instruction execution
• Exceptions in ARM, Thumb programmer’s model and instruction set

Unit 5 I/O Devices of ARM processor

12 lecture hours

• 5.1 General purpose I/O 5.2 Timers and counters 5.2.1.Watchdog timer 5.3 PWM device 5.4 Interrupt controllers 5.5 A/D and D/A converters 5.6 Serial communication devices

Unit 6 Communication Bus protocols for embedded system

10 lecture hours

• 6.1 UART and SPI communication protocol 6.2 I2C communication protocol I2C Protocol
• Programming for I2C Protocol
• Real time application using RTC, Advantages & Disadvantages of I2C Protocols. 6.3 USB communication protocol 6.4 PCI-bus communication protocol 6.5 CAN protocol

Unit 7 Embedded C programming

6 lecture hours

• 7.1 Overview of C compiler and optimization
• Basic C data types
• C Looping structures
• Register allocations
• function calls
• pointer aliasing
• structure arrangement
• floating point
• Inline functions and inline assembly
• Portability issues 7.2 “C” programs for General purpose I/O
• general purpose timer
• PWM Modulator
• SPI Interface, ADC, DAC

Unit 8 RTOs base embedded system Design

12 lecture hours

• - 8.1 Introduction to Real-Time system
• Definitions and examples
• The Characteristics of RTOS 8.2 Real-Time Operating Systems Architecture RTOS Functionality
• RTOS Characteristics
• Operating system service
• Process management
• Timer and Event function
• Memory management
• File and I/O subsystem management
• 8.3 Introducing to Tasks handling Setting task priorities 8.4 Introducing ISR Interrupt routine in RTOS environment and handling of interrupt service calls
• Basic design using RTOS RTOS task scheduling models
• Interrupt latency and response of tasks as performance metrics
• OS security issue