IT2354 EMBEDDED SYSTEMS Syllabus

 IT2354                                 EMBEDDED SYSTEMS              L T P C
                                    3 0 0 3
UNIT I     EMBEDDED COMPUTING                                       9
Challenges  of  Embedded  Systems  –  Embedded  system  design  process.  Embedded
processors – 8051 Microcontroller, ARM processor – Architecture,  Instruction sets and
programming.

UNIT II   MEMORY AND INPUT / OUTPUT MANAGEMENT                                   9
Programming  Input  and  Output  –  Memory  system  mechanisms  –  Memory  and  I/O
devices and interfacing – Interrupts handling.  

UNIT III   PROCESSES AND OPERATING SYSTEMS                                   9
Multiple  tasks and processes – Context switching – Scheduling policies –  Interprocess
communication mechanisms – Performance issues.

UNIT IV   EMBEDDED SOFTWARE                                                           9
Programming embedded systems  in assembly and C – Meeting  real  time constraints –
Multi-state  systems and  function  sequences. Embedded  software development  tools –
Emulators and debuggers.
 
UNIT V   EMBEDDED SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT                                              9
Design issues and techniques – Case studies – Complete design of example embedded
systems.
TOTAL = 45 PERIODS
TEXT BOOKS:

1.  Wayne  Wolf,  “Computers  as  Components:  Principles  of  Embedded  Computer
System Design”, Elsevier, 2006.
2.  Michael J. Pont, “Embedded C”, Pearson Education , 2007.

REFERENCES:

1.  Steve Heath, “Embedded System Design”,  Elsevier, 2005.
2.  Muhammed  Ali Mazidi,  Janice Gillispie Mazidi  and  Rolin  D. McKinlay,  “The  8051
Microcontroller and Embedded Systems”, Pearson Education, Second edition, 2007.