ECE 420 Embedded System Design

Summer Semester

This course emphasizes methods for designing real time software and choosing hardware for embedded computers. Relevant theory and background from real-time systems and computer engineering will be covered in the lectures, including event-based and clock based sampling, switching control, and interrupt and scheduling techniques. Basic microcontroller, sensor, and actuator technologies will be reviewed. In the laboratory, students use tools to design and build a safe, reliable, and robust embedded system. Prerequisite: 2.0 or higher in ECE 370.

3 credit hours