Course 23.

Embedded Systems (Web Course)

Faculty Coordinator(s) :

1. Prof. Amit Patra

Department of Electrical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Kharagpur 721302, West Bengal

Email : amit@ee.iitkgp.ernet.in

Telephone : (91-3222) Off : 283070

Res : 283071, 277750

2. Prof. Rajib Mall

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Kharagpur 721302, West Bengal

Email : rajib @ cse.iitkgp.ernet.in

Telephone : (91-3222) 283483 (Office)

(91-3222) 277824 (Residence)

3. Prof. A. Routray

Department of Electrical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Kharagpur 721302, West Bengal

Email : aroutray @ ee.iitkgp.ernet.in

Telephone : (91-3222) 283072 (Office)

(91-3222) 283073 (Residence)

Detailed Syllabus :

Topic Topic Number of

Serial lecture
No. equiv.
1. Embedded Processing – Evolution, Issues and Challenges; 1
2. System and Processor Architecture : von Neumann, Harvard and their variants 2
3. Memory Architecture and Devices 2
4. Input-Output Devices and Mechanisms 2
5. Instruction Set and Addressing Modes 3
6. Interfacing of Memory and Peripheral Devices – Functional and Timing Issues 3
7. Application Specific Logic Design using Field Programmable Devices and ASICs 2
8. Analog to Digital and Digital to Analog Converters 1
9. Bus I/O and Networking Considerations 2
10. Bus and Wireless Protocols 2
11. Embedded Systems Software : Constraints and Performance Targets 1
12. Real-time Operating Systems : Introduction 1
13. Scheduling in Real-time Operating Systems 2
14. Memory and I/O Management : Device Drivers 2
15. Embedded Software Development : Flow, Environments and Tools 2
16. System Specification and Modelling 2
17. Programming Paradigms 2
18. System Verification 2
19. Performance Analysis and Optimisation : Speed, Power and Area Optimisation 2
20. Testing of Embedded Systems 2
21. System Design Example 2