Embedded Systems: Architecture

Teacher:

• Francesco Pezzuoli, University of Cameirno, Italy, adjunct professor, francesco.pezzuoli@unicam.it

Students Office hours:

• By appointment via e-mail

Objective of the course

• Provide a minimum approach to electronic concepts and components, develop an architecture for an embedded system.
• Project and development of an embedded system using fast prototyping instruments.
• Provide also needed skills in the embedded system enviorement regarding:
  • Business - budgeting and time management
  • Software engineering/reengineering
  • Teamwork
  • Components reuse
  • Human communication - written and spoken
  • Testing and Validation
  • Creating models

Introduction

• Embedded system architecture

Electronics

• Voltage and current
• Analog signals
• Sampling Theorem
• Power
• Reading schematics
• Resistors
• Capacitors
• RC circuits
• Inductors
• Transformers and Diods
• Crystals and digital signal
• Logic gates
• Reading the datasheet
• Power sources
• Connecting hardware (tool, Soldering, boards)
• BOM
• PCB, schematics, cricuits

Peripherals and Communication

• SPI
• I2C
• CAN Bus (Extra Lecture)
• UART

Sensors

• ADC: interfacing an ADC
• Signal Analysis
• Type of sensors
• Temperature, light, accelerometer, pressure, IMUs,

Books:

• Making Embedded Systems
  • https://books.google.it/books/about/Making_Embedded_Systems.html?id=VCOTy1xWZmQC&source=kp_cover&redir_esc=y

Exams