Content

This lecture discusses basic architectures of microprocessor-based digital systems as they are employed in embedded systems and systems-on-chip today. The chapters and their topics:

• Introduction. Challenges of Embedded System design, the design flow and design methodology.
• Microprocessor Instruction sets. Comparison of a general-purpose CPU with a digital signal processing CPU.
• Microprocessor Interfaces. Mechanisms and infrastructures for communication within embedded systems. Interrupts, bus systems, bus hierarchies.
• Processes and Operating Systems. Fundamentals of multi-tasking in embedded systems.
• Multiprocessors. Basic multi-processing architectures and communication schemes. Cache coherence. 
• Networks and Distributed Systems. Mechanisms and infrastructures for communication between embedded systems. Examples of network protocols.

This course is taught in English.

Exercises

The exercise sessions are tutored by Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Fehmel.

Homework assignments can be downloaded through OpenOLAT (see below).

Downloads

Downloadable material is provided using OpenOLAT. Access information for the course is given in class.

Link to the course:

https://olat.vcrp.de/url/RepositoryEntry/2147386324