Embedded and Real-Time Systems / Real-Time Operating Systems

EE445M, Unique: 16165, 16170, 16175, 16180, 16185
EE380L.6, Unique: 16480, 16485, 16490, 16495, 16500
Semester: Spring 2015

Reference material

• Coding Guides
  • C programming guidelines: style.pdf
  • Good header and code file syntax: c_and_h_files.pdf
  • An excellent overview of synchronization issues (the good and bad): Allen B. Downey, The Little Book of Semaphores
     
• Manuals and Data sheets
  • Data sheets: http://www.ece.utexas.edu/~valvano/Datasheets.
  • ARM Cortex-M3 manuals:
    • ARM and Thumb-2 Instruction Set Quick Reference Card
    • Technical Reference Manual
    • Cortex-M3/M4F Instruction Set by TI
  • TM4C123GH6PM Microcontroller manuals:
    • Data Sheet
    • Known bugs
  • EK-TM4C123GXL LaunchPad Evaluation Board manuals:
    • User's Guide
  • Keil µVision manuals:
    • Creating a Project
  • Secure Digital (SD) card physical layer specification
  • Controller Area Network (CAN) specifications
    • Animations of CAN broadcast and CAN arbitration
    • Logic analyzer trace of receiving CAN and transmitting CAN
       
• Examples and Starter Files
  • Starter files: http://www.ece.utexas.edu/~valvano/arm
  • Integer manipulations: integer.h, sqrt.c (square root using Newton's method)
  • Possible OS header files and main programs (feel free to change): os.h, Lab2.c (includes Lab3.c), Lab5.c
  • Lab 2
    • ST Microelectronics Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) code: cr4_fft_64_stm32.s, cr4_fft_256_stm32.s, cr4_fft_1024_stm32.s
    • ST Microelectronics digital controller code: PID_stm32.s
  • Lab 4
    • LCD driver that doesn't use SysTick and includes graphics: ST7735.h, ST7735.c
  • Lab 5
    • SD card interface (see also SDC_4C123.zip starter file): edisk.h, edisk.c
    • Possible header files for file system (feel free to change): efile.h
  • Labs 6 and 7
    • Starter circuits for robot: Lab6.sch
    • Parts lists for robot kit: KitSensorSignOut.pdf (Lab 6), KitSignOut.pdf (Lab 7)
       
• Tools
  • Micrium µC/OS sample RTOS implementations
    • µC/OS-II on the ARM Cortex-M3
    • Books for µC/OS-II and newer µC/OS-III on Cortex-M
  • ST Microelectronics STM32F10x digital signal processing (DSP) library, Version 2.0 (Lab 2)
    • User Manual
  • Filter design tools (Lab 4)
    • FIR filter design spreadsheet using DFT: FIRdesign51.xls
    • Excel spreadsheet to build an analog 2-pole Butterworth low pass filter: lpf.xls
    • Texas Instruments' FilterPro analog filter tool, Version 2
  • IIR filter design using pole-zero plot
    • Simple IIR filter design spreadsheet: DigitalNotch60Hz.xls
    • Complicated IIR filter design spreadsheet: DigitalFilterDesign.xls
    • Simple IIR high-pass filter design spreadsheet: DigitalHighPassFilter.xls
  • Find a real-time periodic schedule with minimum jitter: ScheduleFinder.c
     
• Exams
  • Old exams: http://www.ece.utexas.edu/~valvano/EE345Moldquiz/
    • Midterm Study Guide
       

Equipment

• Other cool parts (but not needed)
  • MAX1247ACPE+ 12-bit ADC, such as the (A or B, with/without +)
  • MAX492CPA rail-to-rail dual op amp (any plastic DIP, with/without +)
  • MAX494CPD rail-to-rail quad op amp (any plastic DIP, with/without +)
  • MAX539ACPA single 12-bit SPI interface DAC (ACPA or BCPA)
  • MAX6225ACPA+ 2.500V analog reference (with/without +) (ACPA or BCPA)
  • MAX5154ACPE dual 12-bit SPI interface DAC (ACPE or BCPE)
  • TLC2272ACP rail-to-rail dual op amp
  • INA122P rail-to-rail instrumentation amp
  • OPA2350PA rail-to-rail dual op amp
  • SamTec, click Samples, register
    • Samtec SD-115-G-2 (could use two for LM3S8962 Board)
    • Samtec SD-110-G-2 (could use two for LM3S2110 Board)
    • Samtec ESW-110-37-L-D (could use two for each LM4C123 LaunchPad)
       
• Places to buy prototyping boards and other parts in Austin
  • AlTex Electronics
  • Frys Electronics
  • Radio Shack
     
• Full service online sales
  • Digikey
  • Mouser Electronics
  • Newark
  • Sparkfun
  • Sparkfun
  • Arrow
     
• Surplus sales
  
  • BG Micro
  • All Electronics