SENG 440: Embedded Systems

Table of Contents

• New information
• Accessing Course Materials
• Instructor
• Teaching Assistant
• Course Syllabus
• Project
• Midterm Exam
• Final Exam
• Learning Centre
• Software Resources
• Feedback

New information

• Lesson 04 'Custom design of embedded processors': Tuesday May 22, 2012
  Slides Lesson 04
  


• Lesson 03 'Hardware-Software-Firmware II': Wednesday May 16, 2012
  Slides Lesson 03
  


• Lesson 02 'Hardware-Software-Firmware I': Tuesday May 15, 2012
  Slides Lesson 02
  


• Since I am attending a conference, the class today (Friday, May 11th) has been cancelled.
  


• Pilot lesson: Tuesday May 8, 2012
  Slides Pilot Lesson (course syllabus)
  


• Lesson 01 'Introduction': Wednesday May 9, 2012
  Slides Lesson 01
  

Accessing Course Materials

All of the downloadable course materials associated with this web page are stored in a password protected area. In order to access the course materials, you will need to know the appropriate username and password to use (for the web server). If you are taking this course, you should know the correct username and password (which were announced during the first lecture). Note that this username and password are not the ones for your Netlink (or faculty/departmental) account.

• Slides
• Additional literature
• Tutorials

Instructor

Mihai SIMA
E-Mail:
Office: EOW 313
Office hours: Wednesday 1:30pm-3:30pm

Teaching Assistant

TBD

Course Syllabus

The course syllabus is included in the pilot lesson which is available for download from here.

Project

• Submission deadline: TBD


• Project:
  To have a clue of project complexity, you can download the old project slides
  


• Tutorial: How to get your project rejected

Midterm Exam

• The mid-term exam date: TBD
• It will be held during regular lecture hours.
• It is open books and open notes.

Final Exam

• The final exam date: TBD
• It is open books and open notes.

Learning Centre

• Typical Midterm Exam Questions
  
  • Midterm questions in 2009
    
  • Midterm questions in 2008
    
  • Midterm questions in 2007
    
  • Midterm questions in 2006, Summer term
    
  • Midterm questions in 2006, Spring term
    
  • Midterm questions in 2005
    
  • Midterm questions in 2004
    


• Typical Final Exam Questions
  
  • Final questions in 2009
    
  • Final questions in 2008
    
  • Final questions in 2007
    
  • Final questions in 2006, Summer term
    
  • Final questions in 2006, Spring term
    
  • Final questions in 2005
    
  • Final questions in 2004
    


• Fixed-point arithmetic
  
  • Worked example:
    Question
    Solution
    
  • Practice example:
    Question
    
  
  

Software Resources

• "ARM Architecture Reference Manual" (Addison Wesley 2001) can be freely downloaded from Internet. For example, go to Altera website and search for Section "Third-Party Literature" document "ARM DDI 0100E"


• A complete ARM toolchain (compiler, simulator) is also available inside campus network.
  Just login on any lab machine in ELW B215 (c66.seng.uvic.ca ... c103.seng.uvic.ca).
  The compiler is available under "/usr/local/arm-linux/bin/" directory.
  To compile, type: arm-linux-gcc -static example.c
  The simulators are available under "/sw/SimIT-ARM-2.1/bin/" directory.
  To simulate the resulting executable file (a.out) just type
  /sw/SimIt-ARM-2.1/bin/sima -f /sw/SimIt-ARM-2.1/share/nwfpe.bin a.out

Feedback

Feedback on the course and teaching is always most welcome! The instructor will never hold any of your comments against you, but please be constructive in your criticism.