EMBEDDED SYSTEMS(SEMESTER VI)

 

ANNA UNIVERSITY :: CHENNAI 600 025
UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS
REGULATIONS – 2008
CURRICULUM FROM III TO VIII SEMESTERS AND ELECTIVES FOR
B.TECH. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

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EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

UNIT I EMBEDDED COMPUTING

Challenges of Embedded Systems – Embedded system design process. Embedded processors – 8051 Microcontroller, ARM processor – Architecture, Instruction sets and programming.

UNIT II

MEMORY AND INPUT / OUTPUT MANAGEMENT

Programming Input and Output – Memory system mechanisms – Memory and I/O devices and interfacing – Interrupts handling.

UNIT III

PROCESSES AND OPERATING SYSTEMS

Multiple tasks and processes – Context switching – Scheduling policies – Interprocess communication mechanisms – Performance issues.

UNIT IV

EMBEDDED SOFTWARE

Programming embedded systems in assembly and C – Meeting real time constraints – Multi-state systems and function sequences. Embedded software development tools – Emulators and debuggers.

UNIT V

EMBEDDED SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT

Design issues and techniques – Case studies – Complete design of example embedded systems.