CPE 305 - Firmware Design for Embedded Systems

Institution:

Western New England University

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Description:

Prerequisite: CPE 271, ENGR 105 or equivalent or permission of instructor. This is an introductory course in the design and understanding of firmware for real-time embedded systems. After completing this course, students understand the issues involved with partitioning and managing a computation that has real-time performance constraints. Students are introduced to modeling the behavior of a system using UML. Approaches to the design of software architecture of embedded systems is presented. Students design an appropriate real-time clock scheduling mechanism and use it for task management that allows control of external devices and interpretation of data from external sensors. Students learn to use C++ for designing realtime device drivers that interface to a variety of hardware subsystems. This includes keypads, LCD displays, Analog to Digital Converters (ADC), networked (I2C and SPI) sensors as well as Stepper motors. Students learn to debug a real-time system through a semester long design project. 3 cr.

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.wne.edu

Phone Number:

(413) 782-3111

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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