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

EE445M, Unique: 16470, 16475, 16480, 16485, 16490
EE380L.12, Unique: 16775, 16780, 16785, 16790, 16795
Semester: Spring 2020

Graduate students should register for EE380L.12 and undergraduates should register for EE445M (credit for both will not be allowed).



Lecture Schedule

Week Notes Reading Topics
1
1/20
 Lecture 1  1,
2.1-2.5, 2.10
Introduction - ARM architecture, instruction set, stack, µVision4 compiler, GPIO, timer, UART, device drivers
2
1/27
 Lecture 2  2.12 Software design - Modular programming, call & data flow graphs, flowcharts, I/O synchronization
Debugging - Lab environment, intrusiveness, monitor, output to scope, simulator
3
2/3
 Lecture 3  4.1-4.2 RTOS - Multi-threading/-tasking, OS architecture, OS kernel
Threads - Context switching, TCB, cooperative & preemptive multitasking, round-robin scheduler
4
2/10
 Lecture 4  4.3-4.6 Threads - Operating modes, periodic threads, suspending, sleeping, killing
Thread communication & synchronization - Critical sections, reentrance, FIFO, mailbox
5
2/17
 Lecture 5  5
2.11
Semaphores - Spinlock & blocking semaphores, monitors, deadlock, process networks
Debugging - Testing, path expressions, performance measures (response time, jitter, throughput)
6
2/24
 Lecture 6  6 Scheduling - Real-time scheduling, priority scheduler, scheduling anomalies, fixed-rate scheduler
7
3/2
 Lecture 7  2.6, 3
8
SD interface - flash disk interface using SSI, high-speed interfacing, DMA
File system - file system management
8
3/9
 Lecture 8  7.1 Memory management - heap, processes
Break
3/16
Spring Break
Break
3/23
Extended Spring Break
9
3/30
  1-6 Review, Midterm: Thursday, 4/2, 12:30-2:00pm, during class time (tentative)
10
4/6
 Lecture 8  7.2-7.3 Process management - process images, loading, linking, relocation, PCBs
11
4/13
 Lecture 10  9.1-9.4 Microcontroller networking - Controller Area Network (CAN), Ethernet, Wifi
Internet - Protocol stacks, ISO/OSI model, TCP/IP, IoT
12
4/20
 Lecture 12  Arpaci-Dusseau
Anderson/Dahlin
Memory management (cont'd) - Protection, virtual memory, paging
13
4/27
 Lecture 13  12 Commerical RTOS - µC/OS, VxWorks
14
5/4
  1-9 Final exam review, Project demos
Finals
5/11
  1-9 Final exam, Wednesday, 5/13, 7-10pm, TBD (regularly scheduled)

 


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