Embedded and Real Time Systems

Code:

EEC0059

Acronym:

SETR

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Electronics and Digital Systems
OFICIAL	Automation, Control & Manufacturing Syst.

Instance: 2009/2010 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Automation, Control and Industrial Production Systems
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Electrical and Computers Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEEC	25	Syllabus since 2007/2008	5	-	6	63	160

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course aims to endow students with knowledge and abilities to develop embedded and real time systems, using, every time necessary, real time operating systems.

Program

- Introduction and basic concepts
- Embedded systems hardware (CPUs and peripheral buses)
- Embedded systems software
- Compilation, Linkage and Debugging
- Basic notions of operating systems (memory management, process management and communication between processes)
- Real time planning (periodic and aperiodic tasks using cyclic methods, static and dynamic properties)
- POSIX programming

Mandatory literature

Liu, Jane W. S.; Real-time systems. ISBN: 0-13-099651-3
Buttazzo, Giorgio C.; Hard Real-Time Computing Systems. ISBN: 0-7923-9994-3
Qing Li; Real-Time Concepts for Embedded Systems, CMP, 2003. ISBN: 978-1578201242

Complementary Bibliography

Stankovic, J.A., Spuri, M., Ramamritham, K., Buttazzo, G.C.; Deadline Scheduling for Real-Time Systems - EDF and Related Algorithms, Springer , 1998. ISBN: 978-0-7923-8269-0
Burns, Alan; Real-Time Systems and Programming Languages. ISBN: 0-201-40365-X
Zurawski, Richard.; Embedded systems handbook. ISBN: 0849328241 (alk. paper)
Kopetz, Hermann; Real-time systems. ISBN: 0-7923-9894-7
Abbott, Doug.; Linux for embedded and real-time applications. ISBN: 0750675462 (pbk.)

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes: presentation of themes and discussion of examples
Practical classes: They act as a complement to theoretical classes. Students can get familiar with technological solutions. Students will have to do group assignments, which will be supervised by the professors.
Practical assignment: Students will have to do a project.
Seminars: Students will have to prepare and present a seminar to the colleagues on a specific theme. This will take place at a theoretical class

Software

Compilador de C da GNU
Sistema Operativo QNX
Sistema Operativo Linux

keywords

Technological sciences > Technology > Computer technology > Software technology
Technological sciences > Engineering > Computer engineering

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	50,00
Seminar (preparation and presentation)	Exame	6,00
Group project	Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	70,00
Written exame	Exame	3,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Study	Estudo autónomo	40
	Total:	40,00

Eligibility for exams

- According to FEUP rules
- Students have to complete the practical component of the course

Calculation formula of final grade

P- Practical component
T- Theoretical component
FM- Final Mark

FM = 0,5*P + 0,5 T

P = 0,5*P_D + 0,3*P_R + 0,2*P_P
T = 0,7*T_T + 0,2*T_P + 0,1*T_PA

P_D: Discussion of the practical assignment
P_R: Report
P_P: Presentation of the practical assignment (with slides)

T_T: Test
T_P: Presentation (Seminar)
T_PA: Participation in the seminars

Examinations or Special Assignments

Students, who did not attend to the practical component of the course, will have to do a practical exam.

Classification improvement

Students can only improve the mark of their written exams.