Embedded Systems Design Course

This repository contains materials, notes, and project files for the Embedded Systems Design course. This course focuses on the fundamentals of embedded and cyber-physical systems, covering concepts from real-time systems to hardware-software integration, with applications in industry and research.

Course Syllabus

0. Course Overview

Introduction to the course structure, objectives, and resources.

1. Introduction to Embedded and Cyber-Physical Systems

Readings:

• Lee & Seshia: Chapter 1
• Marwedel: Sections 1.1, 1.2

2. Development of Real-Time Embedded Systems

Readings:

• Marwedel: Sections 1.3, 1.4

3. Requirements of Cyber-Physical Systems

Readings:

• Marwedel: Section 2.1

4. Modeling Dynamics of Physical Systems

Readings:

• Lee & Seshia: Chapter 2
• Marwedel: Section 2.3.3

5. Software Architectures for Embedded Systems

Readings:

• Wolf: Section 1.3

6. Discrete Dynamics Modeling

Readings:

• Lee & Seshia: Chapter 3
• Marwedel: Sections 2.2, 2.8

7. Modeling of Hybrid Systems

Readings:

• Lee & Seshia: Chapter 4
• Marwedel: Section 2.4.1

8. State Machines and Statecharts Composition

Readings:

• Lee & Seshia: Sections 5.1-5.2
• Marwedel: Section 2.4.2

9. Dataflow Computational Models

Readings:

• Lee & Seshia: Section 6.3
• Marwedel: Sections 2.5, 2.10

10. Synchronous Reactive and Timed Computational Models

Readings:

• Lee & Seshia: Sections 6.1-6.2, 6.4
• Marwedel: Section 2.4.3

11. Embedded Processors

Readings:

• Lee & Seshia: Chapter 8
• Marwedel: Section 3.3
• Wolf: Chapter 2, Sections 3.5-3.7

12. Cyber-Physical Networks

Readings:

• Marwedel: Section 3.5
• Wolf: Sections 8.4, 9.2-9.3

13. Hardware and I/O Mechanisms

Readings:

• Lee & Seshia: Chapter 10
• Wolf: Sections 3.2-3.3

14. Sensor and Actuator Considerations

Readings:

• Lee & Seshia: Section 7.1
• Marwedel: Sections 3.2, 3.6

15. Types of Sensors

Readings:

• Pan & Zhu: Chapter 3

16. Types of Actuators

Readings:

• Pan & Zhu: Chapter 4

17. Multitasking

Readings:

• Lee & Seshia: Chapter 11

18-20. Real-Time Scheduling (Parts 1-3)

Readings:

• Lee & Seshia: Chapter 12
• Marwedel: Sections 4.2, 6.1-6.5

21. Real-Time Operating Systems

Readings:

• Marwedel: Sections 4.1, 4.4

22. Quantitative Analysis

Readings:

• Lee & Seshia: Chapter 16

23-24. Optimization (Parts 1-2)

Readings:

• Marwedel: Sections 7.1-7.4
• Wolf: Sections 5.7-5.9

25. Testing of Embedded Software

Readings:

• Wolf: Section 5.10

26. Security and Privacy

Readings:

• Lee & Seshia: Chapter 17

27. Safety Considerations

References

• Primary Textbook: Lee, Edward Ashford, and Sanjit Arunkumar Seshia. Introduction to Embedded Systems: A Cyber-Physical Systems Approach, Second Edition. MIT Press, 2017.
• Marwedel, Peter. Embedded System Design: Embedded Systems Foundations of Cyber-Physical Systems and the Internet of Things, 4th Ed. Springer, 2021.
• Wolf, Marilyn. Computers as Components: Principles of Embedded Computing System Design, 4th Ed. Elsevier, 2016.

Additional Resources

• Pan, Tianhong, and Yi Zhu. Designing Embedded Systems with Arduino. Springer, 2018.
• Mathworks Simulink and Stateflow documentation (R2024b).
• Buttazzo, Giorgio. Hard Real-Time Computing Systems: Predictable Scheduling Algorithms and Applications, Vol. 24. Springer Science & Business Media, 2011.

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This repository will include assignments, code samples, and notes based on the course modules above. Each project will have a dedicated folder with its own README file outlining specific objectives, instructions, and requirements.