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Week
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Day
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Date
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Asmts
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Unit No./Lectures
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Reading
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Tutorial (Tue.)
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1
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T
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Jan 06
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1. Introduction to Embedded Systems
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ESD ch. 1
Report of interest to industry, researchers, and educators: nice overview of area as of 2001, still true today.
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Tutorial: Rational Rose RealTime (UML)
Explanation of ObjecTime's adaptation of Statecharts, now part of RRT.
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R
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Jan 08
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2
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T
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Jan 13
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Q1
A1 out
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2. System Modeling
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ESD ch. 8
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Tutorial: Rational Rose RealTime (design flow)
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R
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Jan 15
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L1 out
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3
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T
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Jan 20
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Q2
A1 due
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3. Custom Hardware
Silicon Run I & II
videos
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ESD chs. 2 & 10
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Tutorial: VHDL. Websites (last one is a quick reference guide):
Aldec makes simulators. You can download a free
interactive tutorial
with reference guide.
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R
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Jan 22
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A2 out
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4
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T
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Jan 27
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4. Software Platforms
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ESD ch. 3
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Tutorial: Xilinx ISE
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R
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Jan 29
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L1 due
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5
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T
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Feb 03
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Q3
A2 due
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5. Peripherals
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ESD ch. 4
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Tutorial: Handel-C
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R
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Feb 05
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6
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T
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Feb 10
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A3 out
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6. Memories
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ESD ch. 5
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Tutorial: Xilinx Platform Studio
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R
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Feb 12
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Q4
L2 out
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7. Interfacing
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ESD ch. 6
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Winter Break Feb. 16-20
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7
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T
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Feb 24
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A3 due
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Tutorial: SystemC
Get a good grounding in 4-6 hours from this on-line tutorial.
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R
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Feb 26
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8
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T
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Mar 03
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L2 due
L3 out
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8. Design Automation
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ESD ch. 11
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R
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Mar 05
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Q5
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9
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T
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Mar 10
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9. Hardware/software codesign
Digital camera case study
Intro to codesign
CSP++
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ESD ch. 7
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R
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Mar 12
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L3 due
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10
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T
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Mar 17
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R
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Mar 19
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11
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T
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Mar 24
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R
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Mar 26
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Q6
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12
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T
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Mar 31
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No class
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F
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Apr 03
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Project presentations 9:30
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Apr 16 @ 1-3 pm in
Rm 219
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FINAL EXAM (in-class & 24-hr take-home, due Apr. 17 @ 4 pm)
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