P.G Diploma in Embedded System Design ( Course Duration:6 Months )

 

Course Contents

Programming Environment

• Review of C-Programming
• Introduction to Data Structures
• An algorithm Complexity
• Lists, Arrays, Stacks, Queues, Trees
• Phases of Software development
• Software life cycle models
• Embedded Systems Design
• Implementation and testing
• Project Management

80386 Microprocessor

• Architecture, Addressing modes, Instruction Set, Overview on Assembly Language
• Programming, MMU
• Overview of I/O Interfacing (8251, 8253/54, 8255 8257, 8259, 8279)

8051 Micro-controller

• Comparison between Microprocessor & Micro controller
• Architecture, Addressing modes, Instruction set)
• I/O Interface
• Cross assemblers & Compilers
• Micro Vision IDE (Project Development Tols (KEIL))
• Host & Target environment
• Assembly/C language Programming in MicroVision IDE using A51/C51
• Downloading techniques
• Embedded C Programming

Understanding Embedded Concepts

• Overview on CPU's & Micro controllers
• I/O Interfaces
• Host & Target Development environment
• Cross compilers
• Downliading techniques

Embedded Communication / Network Programming

• Basics of computer network, Overview ISO OSI/IP layers
• Internet addresses, Address resolution problem & ARP implementation, RARP Implementation
• Internet protocol, Routing IP Datagram’s through IP, Routing with IP addresses, ICMP Protocol
• Supernet & Subnet extensions, UDP, TCP
• Overview on Boot p, DHCP, FTP, DNS, Telnet, NFS, SMTP, SNMP.
• Future of TCP/IP
• Sockets, Socket Addresses, Socket Data Structures, Elementary Socket System calls
• Advanced Socket System Calls, Socket Implementation
• TCP, UDP Implementation Using Sockets

RTOS (RT Linux)

• Definition
• Characteristics & requirements of RTOS
• Real time Kernel configuration (RT Linux kernel compilation/building)
• Interrupts & interrupt latency time
• Task switch time
• BSP’s, building, loading, unloading applications, State linking
• Task management: Multi tasking, tasking control, Task Exception handling
• Shared code & Reentrancy
• Interrupt management: Interrupt service routines, Interrupt to, task communication, Interrupt context, Interrupt handling
• Memory management
• I/O management: Basic I/O, Files, Devices & Drivers
• Vxworks Tool features (Project Development tools)
• Vxworks Tool features (Project Development tools)
• Comparison between PSOS & VxWorks

Debugging techniques [w.r.t Linux POSIX coding]:

• Modal Analysis (definition & purpose, terminology & concepts, procedure)
• GDB (GNOME Debugger)
• KCORE (Kernel Core)
• SYSCTL INTERFACE
• SREMOTE DEBUGGING
• OOPS ANALYSIS

Device Driver Technology (LDD):

• Device Driver Technology (LDD):
• Device driver architecture
• Basic driver interface with kernel and hardware
• Types of Drivers Routines
• LKM (Loadable Kernel Module)
• Kernel Driver Modutils package
• Algorithms used for driver interface
• Kernel driver data structures
• Assignments on all types of drivers
• Understanding the Linux kernel driver Makefiles

DSP (Digital Signal Processing):

• Study of Digital Signal Processorse
• Study of DSP Processor & Conventional Processor
• Study of Arithmetics
• DSP for Embedded Technology
• Filters Designings
• Linear Predictive Coding (LPC)
• Programming Environment for DSP
• Study of DTMF generation
• Commands Every C/C++ Linux Embedded Linux/Unix Developers should know
  Fuser, Ps, Top, Nm, Od, xd, Objdump, Time, Ctags, File, Strings

ARM:

Introduction to LPC 2104:

• ARM core based architecture
• APB internal busses
• The main three blocks : platform, core and input / output peripherals

The ARM7TDMI CORE

• Operating modes
• ALU data path
• Access to memory-mapped locations
• Stack management
• interface
• Exception mechanism, handler table

Infrastructure:

• Power supplies, internal regulator
• Clock generator
• Reset controller
• SAM-BA default boot program
• Memory controller
• Internal high-speed flash
• External Bus Interface
• Power management controller
• Advanced interrupt controller
• Parallel input / output controller
• Parallel input / output controller
• Peripheral DMA controller

Non Communication Oriented Input / Output Peripherals:

• Timers
• Periodic Interval Timer
• Windowed Watchdog
• Real-time timer
• 16-bit PWM controller
• Parallel input / output controller
• Analog-to-Digital Converter
• 8-channel 10-bit ADC
• Conversion trigger
• ADC timings

Non Communication Oriented Input / Output Peripherals:

• 2-wire interface
• I2C protocol basics
• Transmit and receive sequences
• SPI
• External chip-select
• Transfer sequence
• USART
• Individual baud rate generators
• IrDA modulation / demodulation
• Synchronous Serial Controller
• I2S analog interface support
• Time Division Multiplexed support
• High speed continuous data stream capabilities
• Endpoint configuration
• Endpoint configuration

 

Course Duration: 6 Months(Full Time) 4 hours a day

Eligibility: BE in Elect./Electronics/Computers/IT/
Msc. Electronics or equivalent

Course Fee: Rs. 40000/- (Forty thousand only) including service tax.

 

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