18-348 Embedded Systems Engineering Units: 12.0 Department: Electrical & Comp. Eng. Prerequisites: 15-213 and 18-240 Notes: The lectures will be held on M/W with a Friday recitation. Related URLs: http://www.ece.cmu.edu/ 18-348 Embedded Systems Engineering Embedded computing applications far outnumber desktop computers, with billions of microcontrollers produced worldwide each year. Embedded systems vary tremendously, from the single 8-bit processor in a thermostat, to high performance processors in a digital camera, to dozens of networked processors in an automobile. Despite this diversity of applications, there are core technology and system-level skills needed by any embedded system designer that form the content of this course. Topics typically covered include embedded computing platforms (hardware, microcontroller instruction sets, software); interacting with the external world (analog I/O, control); system-level engineering (design cycle, architectural patterns); real-time operation (timers, interrupts, concurrency); constraints and optimization (economics, power, size, speed); and a survey of techniques important for building systems that work in the real world (debug, test, robust design, dependability, ethical/societal issues). Weekly hands-on experiences with embedded hardware and software will be used to reinforce core skills. 4 hrs. lec.; lab; Prerequisites: 18-240 and 15-213.

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