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

EE445M, Unique: 16400, 16405, 16410, 16415, 16420
EE380L.12, Unique: 16690, 16695, 16700, 16705, 16710
Semester: Spring 2019

Reference material

• Coding Guides
  • C programming guidelines: style.pdf
  • Good header and code file syntax: c_and_h_files.pdf
  • C reference card: c-refcard.pdf
  • Essential C summary from Stanford: EssentialC.pdf
  • JPL's official C coding standard mandated for all their embedded code: JPL Institutional Coding Standard for the C Programming Language
  • Automatically generate software documentation from header files: Doxygen
  • 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-M4 manuals:
    • ARM and Thumb-2 Instruction Set Quick Reference Card
    • Technical Reference Manual
    • Cortex-M3/M4F Instruction Set by TI
    • Cortex M Instructions used in EE319K
  • TM4C123GH6PM Microcontroller manuals:
    • Data Sheet
    • Known bugs
    • Known ARM Cortex-M4 bugs
  • EK-TM4C123GXL LaunchPad Evaluation Board manuals:
    • User's Guide
  • 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
  • Robot documentation
    • Sensor board version 3 schematic and version 3 PCB layout
    • Motor board version 6 schematic and version 6 PCB layout
    • Eagle files for sensor board schematic, sensor PCB, motor board schematic, motor PCB
    • Mechanical design of Formula0001 Robot Car (source drawings in PCB Artist format)
    • Parts lists/bill of materials (BOM)
       
• Tools
  • Keil µVision manuals and instructions:
    • Keil installation instructions
    • LaunchPad drivers
    • Creating a Project
    • Reference manuals for µVision and the ARM compiler toolchain
  • 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
  • Find a real-time periodic schedule with minimum jitter: ScheduleFinder.c
     
• Examples and Starter Files
  • Starter files: http://www.ece.utexas.edu/~valvano/arm
  • Linux/gcc development starter project:
    • Another Linux setup by Clara Schaertl Short
    • Updated Linux setup by Zee Lv
    • Setup for EE445L labs on Linux by Josh Minor
    • linux_skeleton.tar.gz by Kevin George
  • A fprintf implementation for generic I/O: TM4C_STDIO by Mitchell Whitlatch
  • 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), Lab4.c
  • Lab 1
  • Sensor board test project: SensorTestProject.zip
  • 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
    • SD card interface (modified from SDC_4C123.zip starter file): eDisk.h, eDisk.c
    • Possible header files for file system (feel free to change): eFile.h
    • Combined Lab 4 starter project: Lab4_4C123_FileSystem.zip
  • Lab 5
    • FAT file system: SDCFile_4C123.zip, and heap manager: Heap_4C123.zip
    • ELF file format: Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) Specification, ELF for the ARM Architecture
    • ELF file loader for ARM: elfloader project on GitHub
    • User test program: Lab5_Proc.zip
  • Lab 6
    • Motor board test project: MotorTestProject.zip
    • VL53L0X laser-ranging sensor driver: VL53L0X_TM4C123.zip (based on VL53L0X_TM4C123 project by Zee Lv)
  • Lab 7
    • Parts lists for robot kit: KitRobotSignOut.pdf
    • CAD files for rack-and-pinion steering: RackAndPinion.zip (credit to Shantanu Kanvinde)
    • CAD files for 3D-printed IR sensor mounts: SensorMounts.zip (credit to Travis Llado)
    • CAD files for 3D-printed laser sensor mounts: ToFSensorMount.zip (credit to Nino Teruya)
    • Starter project for ESP8266 Wifi module: ESP8266_SensorBoard.zip (allows robot to stream data to a web page)
    • Previous race track layouts: Race Tracks
       
• Exams
  • Midterm Study Guide
  • Final Study Guide
  • Old exams:
    • Midterm Sp'18 (Solutions) and Final Sp'18 (Solutions)
    • Midterm Sp'16 (Solutions) and Final Sp'16 (Solutions)
    • Midterm Sp'15 (Solutions) and Final Sp'15 (Solutions)
  • Prof. Valvano's old exams:
    • http://www.ece.utexas.edu/~valvano/EE345Moldquiz/
       
• Pictures and Videos
  • Spring 2018 Qualifiers, Races, ECE photo album
  • Spring 2017 video by Prof. Valvano
  • Spring 2016 Qualifiers, Races, ECE photo album, Prof. Valvano's album, nice FPV, birds-eye view
  • Spring 2015 Races
     

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 parts in Austin
  • AlTex Electronics
  • Frys Electronics
  • Radio Shack
     
• Full service online sales
  • Digikey
  • Mouser Electronics
  • Newark
  • Sparkfun
  • Jameco
  • Arrow
     
• Surplus sales
  
  • BG Micro
  • All Electronics