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

EE445M, Unique: 16385, 16390, 16395, 16400, 16405
EE380L.6, Unique: 16730, 16735, 16740, 16745, 16750
Semester: Spring 2017

Reference material

• Coding Guides
  • Reference card from Stanford: c-refcard.pdf
  • C programming guidelines: style.pdf
  • Good header and code file syntax: c_and_h_files.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-M3 manuals:
    • ARM and Thumb-2 Instruction Set Quick Reference Card
    • Technical Reference Manual
    • Cortex-M3/M4F Instruction Set by TI
    • CortexMinstructions.pdf used in EE319K
  • TM4C123GH6PM Microcontroller manuals:
    • Data Sheet
    • Known 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 4 schematic and Version 4 PCB layout
    • Motor board version 5 schematic and Version 5 PCB layout
    • Eagle files for version 3 sensor board schematic, version 3 sensor Eagle PCB motor board Eagle schematic, version 5 motor Eagle PCB
    • Keil project for sensor board test and motor board test
    • 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: linux_skeleton.tar.gz
  • Integer manipulations: integer.h, sqrt.c (square root using Newton's method)
  • Lab 1 Sensor board test project
  • SensorTestProject.zip
  • Possible OS header files and main programs (feel free to change): os.h, Lab2.c (includes Lab3.c), Lab4.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
    • 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
    • Lab 4 starter project Lab4_4C123_FileSystem.zip
  • Lab 5
    • 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
    • SDC file system: SDCFile_4C123.zip
    • Example ELF file: Proc.axf
  • Lab 6
    • MotorTestProject.zip Keil 4.7 starter project for the motor board
  • BOM_MotorBoardSoldering.xlsx BOM needed to finish soldering motor board
  • Lab 7
    • Parts lists for robot kit: KitRobotSignOut.pdf
    • CAD files for 3D-printed sensor mounts: SensorMounts.zip (credit to Travis Llado)  
    • Starter project for ESP8266 : ESP8266_SensorBoard.zip Allows robot to stream data to a web page
       
• Exams
  • Midterm Study Guide
  • Old exams:
    • Midterm Sp'15 (Solutions) and Final Sp'15 (Solutions)
  • Prof. Valvano's old exams:
    • http://www.ece.utexas.edu/~valvano/EE345Moldquiz/
    
     

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 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