- Docente: Bruno Riccò
- Credits: 6
- SSD: ING-INF/01
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Bruno Riccò (Modulo 1) Bruno Riccò (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Electronic Engineering (cod. 0934)
Learning outcomes
Provide methodologies and skills to evaluate, design and test embedded electronic system, optimizing components, technologies, design flow, cost, reliability and performance in relation to the specific applications of interest.
Course contents
Applications and market of embedded systems
Metrics for embedded systems (performance, costs, timing, dimensions, power consumption,….)
Standard components of embedded systems (microprocessors, microcontrollers, DSP, memories, timing and communication peripherals, analog-to-digital converters, sensors, actuators,….)
Application specific processors (gate arrays and FPGA)
Software development for embedded systems
Design of printed circuit boards (PCBs)
Technologies and fabrication of PCBs
Testing of PCBs
Certification of embedded systems (for electromagnetic interference)
Elements of product marketing
Significant examples of embedded systems
Readings/Bibliography
Course web site (http://www-micrel.deis.unibo.it/SMLS/).
For further reading : F. Vahid, T. Givargis, Embedded System Design: A UnifiedHardware/Software Introduction, Wiley 2002 (http://www.cs.ucr.edu/content/esd/)
Teaching methods
The Course consists essentially of classroom lectures and seminars.
Assessment methods
Oral examination and a "practical" part consisting of: a powerpoint presentation on a subject agreed with the teacher or, alternatively, a project realized in the lab.
Teaching tools
Lectures with PC and projector. Web site of the course.
Office hours
See the website of Bruno Riccò