SYLLABUS 4 JNTU BME - EMBEDDED AND REAL TIME SYSTEMS (ELECTIVE –II)

EMBEDDED AND REAL TIME SYSTEMS
(ELECTIVE –II)

UNIT I
INTRODUCTION : Embedded systems overview, design challenge, processor technology, IC technology, Design Technology, Trade-offs. Single purpose processors RT-level combinational logic, sequential logic (RT-level), custom single purpose processor design (RT-level), optimizing custom single purpose processors.

UNIT II
GENERAL PURPOSE PROCESSORS : Basic architecture, operation, Pipelining, Programmer’s view, development environment, Application Specific Instruction-Set Processors (ASIPs) – Micro Controllers and Digital Signal Processors.

UNIT III
STATE MACHINE AND CONCURRENT PROCESS MODELS : Introduction, models Vs. languages, finite state machines with data path model (FSMD), using state machines, program state machine model (PSM), concurrent process model, concurrent processes, communication among processes, synchronization among processes, implementation, data flow model, real-time systems.

UNIT IV
COMMUNICATION INTERFACE : Need for communication interfaces, RS232 / UART, RS422 / RS485, USB, Infrared, IEEE 1394 Firewire, Ethernet, IEEE 802.11, Blue tooth.

UNIT V
EMBEDDED / RTOS CONCEPTS – I : Architecture of the Kernel, Tasks and Task scheduler, Interrupt service routines, Semaphores, Mutex.

UNIT VI
EMBEDDED/RTOS CONCEPTS – II : Mailboxes , Message Queues, Event Registers, Pipes, Signals

UNIT VII
EMBEDDED / RTOS CONCEPTS – III : Timers, Memory Management, Priority inversion problem, Embedded operating systems Embedded Linux, Real-time operating systems, RT Linux, Handheld operating systems, Windows CE.

UNIT VIII
DESIGN TECHNOLOGY : Introduction, Automation, Synthesis, Parallel evolution of compilation and synthesis, Logic Synthesis, RT synthesis, Behavioral Synthesis, Systems Synthesis and Hardware/ Software Co-Design, Verification, Hardware/Software co-simulation, Reuse of intellectual property codes.

TEXT BOOKS :
1. Embedded System Design – A Unified Hardware/Software Introduction - Frank Vahid, Tony D. Givargis, John Wiley, 2002.
2. Embedded / Real Time Systems – KVKK Prasad, Dreamtech Press, 2005.

REFERENCES :
1. Embedded Microcomputer Systems – Jonathan W. Valvano, Brooks / Cole, Thompson Learning.
2. An Embedded Software Primer – David E. Simon, Pearson Ed., 2005.
3. Introduction to Embedded Systems – Raj Kamal, TMS, 2002.
4. Embedded Real Time Systems Programming – Sri Ram V Iyer, Pankaj Gupta, TMH, 2004