MTE 325 - Embedded Systems

Intro

• Embedded Systems
• Processor Types
• Embedded C Intro
  • Pointers
  • Volatile Keyword

Software and Synchronization

• Embedded Software Design
• Latency and Throughput
• Software Device Drivers

Low-Level Synchronization Mechanisms

• Blind Cycle Synchronization
• Polling Synchronization
  • Tight Polling Implementations
• Hardware Interrupts
  • Interrupt Lines
  • Interrupt Handling
  • Non-vectored and Vectored Interrupts
  • Interrupt Initialization

Data Generation and Transfer

• Embedded Systems Synchronization
• Data Transmission Model
  • Data Generation
  • Data Notification
  • Data Transfer
• Data Transfer Synchronization
• Data Transfer Case Study

Computer Architecture

• Signal Notations and Conventions
• Control Signal
• Microcontroller Architecture
• Bus
• CPU-Memory Interface - CPU View
• CPU-Memory Interface - Memory View
  • Synchronous Bus
  • Asynchronous Bus

Bus Drivers

• Bus Drivers
• Hardware Driver
• Transistor
• Transistor Inverter
• Push-Pull Driver
• Open-Drain Driver
• Tri-State Driver
• Driver Considerations

Addressing and Metastability

• Device Selection
• Decoding
• Address Aliasing
• Metastability

Buses

• System Bus
• Synchronous Bus
  • Synchronous Memory Read
  • Synchronous Read Timing
  • Synchronous Write Timing
  • Synchronous Bus Bounds
• Asynchronous Bus
  • Asynchronous Memory Read
  • Asynchronous Bus Timing
• Bus Timing Parameters
• Bus Comparison

Parallel Ports

• Parallel Port
• Unidirectional Parallel Ports
• Bidirectional Parallel Ports

Analog Interfacing

DAC

• Analog Interfaces
• Analog Signal Conversion
• DAC
  • Binary Weighted Resistor Ladder DAC
  • R-2R DAC
• DAC Specifications
• DAC Errors

ADC

• Analog to Digital Converter
• Converter Bias
• Binary Ramp ADC
• Successive Approximation ADC
• Flash ADC
• ADC Specifications

Sample and Hold Circuits

• Sample and Hold Circuits
• Sample and Hold Circuit Implementation

Pulse Width Modulation

• Pulse Width Modulation

Serial Interfacing

• Serial Interfaces
• Serial Synchronization

Tutorials/Labs

• STM32 Interrupts

Assignments

• MTE 325 A1
• MTE 325 A2