Anna university Syllabus 2008 Regulation [Computer Sciece - Embedded Systems] 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.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Wayne Wolf, “Computers as Components: Principles of Embedded Computer

          System Design”, Elsevier, 2006.

2. Michael J. Pont, “Embedded C”, Pearson Education , 2007.

REFERENCES:

1. Steve Heath, “Embedded System Design”, Elsevier, 2005.

2. Muhammed Ali Mazidi, Janice Gillispie Mazidi and Rolin D. McKinlay, The 8051

Microcontroller and Embedded Systems”, Pearson Education, Second edition,

2007.