Embedded Software

UC Irvine - Spring ‘22 - CS 145

Last updated on Jun 2, 2022 Course Pages, UCI, UCI - S22, UCI - S22 - CS145

Principles of embedded computing systems: embedded systems architecture, hardware/software components, system software and interfacing, real-time operating systems, hardware/software co-development, and communication issues. Examples of embedded computing in real-world application domains. Simple programming using an embedded systems development environment.

Basics

Lecture:	T/Th 8:00-9:20am, In-person @ DBH 1100
Office Hours:	T/Th 10:00-11:00am, In-person @ ICS 415
Labs:	WebSoc & Follow TA Instructions
TAs:	Mahyar Abbasian ([email protected]) Jiyoung An ([email protected]) Xinyuan Lin ([email protected]) Goda Devi Addanki ([email protected])
Grade:	Homework 20%, Projects 60%, Final 20% (i.e., Project 5)
Final Exam:	Tue, Jun 7, 8:00-10:00am

Rules & Guidelines

Must be enrolled in CS 145 & CS 145L
Please silence phones during lecture
Late submissions not accepted
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Complete homework directly on zyBook by deadline
Complete projects as defined on Canvas by deadline
All assignment deadlines are 11:59PM PT

Book

Programming Embedded Systems by Frank Vahid and Tony Givargis

Please note that all author royalties have been declined and applied toward reducing the cost of this book.

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Tools & Parts

You’ll need some stuff to build the projects for this course. These tools & parts will need to be purchased. The instructor will go over the possibility of working in teams of two. If you decide to work in teams of two, you can share one set of these tools & parts. Please complete, sign, and submit this contract via Canvas if you decide to work as a team.

Topics

Introduction
Embedded Programming
State Machines
Synchronous SMs
Concurrent synchSMs
I/O
Peripherals
Task Scheduler
Programming Issues
Control Systems
Digital Signal Processing

Resources

Canvas Course Space
EdDiscussion Course Space
Microchip Studio (recommended IDE; Windows only)
MPLAB X IDE (similar to above; multi-platform, but no M1-Mac support)
PlatformIO (alternative to IDEs above; should work on any platform, even M1-Macs)
PlatformIO Configuration File
Windows Drivers for Atmel-ICE on PlatformIO
Setting Fuse Bits without Microchip Studio or MPLAB X
ATMega32 Manual
LCD Manual
Atmel-ICE Manual
ICE/AVR ISP Connector
Arduino as Programmer

Homework

Read and Perform Activities of zyBook Chapters 1-2, 5%, 2022-04-08
Read and Perform Activities of zyBook Chapters 3-5, 5%, 2022-04-22
Read and Perform Activities of zyBook Chapters 6-7, 5%, 2022-05-06
Read and Perform Activities of zyBook Chapters 8-10, 5%, 2022-05-20
Read and Perform Activities of zyBook Chapters 11-14, 5%, 2022-06-03

Your lowest homework grade is automatically dropped :)

Projects

Project 1, 15%, 2022-04-15 (extended to 2022-04-20)
Project 2, 15%, 2022-04-29
Project 3, 15%, 2022-05-06
Project 4, 15%, 2022-05-20
Project 5, 20%, 2022-06-10

Slides

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