CSE476 Syllabus

Catalog Data

CSE476: Embedded System Design (5) System building course to provide students with a complete experience in embedded system design. Students will design, simulate, construct, debug, and document a substantial project of their choosing. Lectures will focus on case studies and emerging components and platforms. Prerequisites: CSE451 and CSE466.

Course Goals

To serve as a capstone design course to tie together the computer engineering curriculum via the design of a complete embedded system involving multiple communicating components.
To gain appreciation for the software issues in embedded system code.
Familiarity with basic communication methods.
To experience the development of a complete product from design to implementation and debugging.
To present design goals and decisions as well as implementation results in both verbal presentation and written documentation.
To work toward a common goal in a team environment.

Course Syllabus

Introduction

Embedded Systems
Product design
Product development process

Team-based Design

Project definition
Decomposition into hardware and software components
Evaluation of needs
Assessment of team members’ skills
Experimental design to resolve unknowns
Design reuse

Project Evolution

Design for maintainability
Design for upgradability
Modularity in Design

Research Directions

Architecture innovations
Operating systems
Networking
Application domains
User interfaces

Standards

Physical layer standards
Protocol standards
Packaging standards
Standardization process
Design for evolving standards

Case Studies

Past capstone design projects
Industry case studies

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