ECE 420 Embedded System Design

Summer

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