Organisational arrangements for the end of Q1 2020-2021 assessments (Covid-19) online or face-to-face (according to assessment schedule)

• Oral exam (questions and answers, presentation of individual or group work, comment and argument about a written text...)

Description of the modifications to the Q1 2020-2021 online assessment procedures (Covid-19) online or face-to-face (according to assessment schedule)

Oral exam: Theory: remote presentation of the subject of study chosen by the student (weighting 50%) as defined on Moodle.
Individual online written MCQ test of practical questions (weighting 50%): documentation available on Moodle. Content: laboratory sessions: design methodology, optimization techniques. Development tools.
 

Content of Learning Activity

An introductory course regarding embedded systems design. It shows a unified view of hardware and software domains as implementation alternatives based on design exploration and metrics. The course explores the different trends, components and alternatives according to the final objective. The system level design is introduced by first a description of the different components involved, since integrated circuits design and usage up to software, processors and custom hardware processors. It also covers design methodologies, optimization techniques and test environments. The course is complemented by practical exercises and laboratory sessions using state of the art technologies. Embedded systems overview, technologies trends and design challenges. Custom Single-purpose processors. General-purpose processors architecture, software, instruction set and tools. Application-specific instruction-set processors (ASIP's). Digital signal processors (DSP). Selecting a microprocessor. General-purpose processor design. Standard single-purpose processor design: peripherals. Memory structure, hierarchy, cache, management and design. Interfacing terminology, protocols, and mechanisms. Design example, user's perspective, designer's perspective and specification. State machine and concurrent process models, finite state machines, concurrent processes, synchronization and communication. Control Systems, open-loop, closed-loop control systems, general control systems, PID controllers and Fuzzy control. IC technology, Full-custom (VLSI), Semi-custom (ASIC), Programmable logic device (PLD). Design technology Automation: synthesis, Verification, hardware/software co-simulation, Reuse, Design process models. Hardware/Software codesign techniques using Xilinx (Xylibus, Vivado HLS, SDSoC, partial dynamic reconfiguration).       

Required Learning Resources/Tools

Embedded System Design: A Unified Hardware/Software Approach. Frank Vahid, Tony Givargis. 2002. Wiley. 352 pages. ISBN 0471386782. Copies of presentations, lab protocols and exercises solutions. Various information available on the computer based training site: lecture notes, slides and prints from previous years (sometimes with resolution).  

Recommended Learning Resources/Tools

Digital Design. Frank Vahid. 2007. John Wiley and Sons Ltd. 904 pages. ISBN 047017353X. Computers as components: Principles of Embedded Computing System Design. W. Wolf. 2006. Elsevier Science & Technology. 714 pages. ISBN 0127618929. WEB, slides, articles provided through the scholar year.    

Other Recommended Reading

Not applicable.  

Mode of delivery

• Face to face

Type of Teaching Activity/Activities

• Cours magistraux
• Travaux pratiques
• Travaux de laboratoire
• Ateliers et projets encadrés au sein de l'établissement

Evaluations

The assessment methods of the Learning Activity (AA) are specified in the course description of the corresponding Educational Component (UE)