| Lectures and exercises |
hours |
| Topics |
Specific contents |
|
| Introduction to the embedded systems |
what they are, functional requirements and constrains, types and attributes, uC versus uP, Von Neumann and Harvard architecture |
4
|
| uC Example |
the 8031 family, internal organization and instruction set, the external bus, the external memory organization, the I/O interfacing |
4
|
| uP Example |
the x86 family, internal organization and instruction set, the external bus, the external memory organization, the I/O interfacing |
4
|
| Worst-case analysis |
AC/DC analysis Fan-in and Fan-out, Timing, Logic families |
4
|
| Interfacing examples |
examples with the 8031 and examples of ISA bus interface |
4
|
| The PC/AT architecture/organization |
PC/AT evolution and structure, organization of the PC/AT and PCI computer, memory map and I/O map, the PC evolution from PC/AT to PCI and beyond |
8
|
| The Embedded-PC |
market and technical motivation, what COTS are, the reference standards (PC/104 and CompactPCI) |
4
|
| Design elements of digital systems |
elements of signal propagation, metastability, cross-talk, bus driving, the PCB, the EMI effects, some design roles |
8
|
| Total hours for lectures and exercises |
40 |
| for exercises only |
|
|
Further educational activities
|
hours
|
| Labs |
0 |
| Tutorials / Seminars |
0 |
| Workshops |
0 |
| Guided tours |
0 |
| |
16 |
| Total hours for further educational activities |
16 |
| Total hours |
56
|