Syllabus MCES-18CS44

MICROCONTROLLER AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
(Effective from the academic year 2018 -2019)

SEMESTER – IV
Course Code 18CS44 CIE Marks 40
Number of Contact Hours/Week 3:0:0 SEE Marks 60
Total Number of Contact Hours 40 Exam Hours 03
CREDITS –3
Course Learning Objectives: This course (18CS44) will enable students to:
 Understand the fundamentals of ARM based systems, basic hardware components, selection
methods and attributes of an embedded system.
 Program ARM controller using the various instructions
 Identify the applicability of the embedded system
 Comprehend the real time operating system used for the embedded system
Module 1 Contact
Hours
Microprocessors versus Microcontrollers, ARM Embedded Systems: The RISC design 08
philosophy, The ARM Design Philosophy, Embedded System Hardware, Embedded System
Software.
ARM Processor Fundamentals: Registers, Current Program Status Register, Pipeline,
Exceptions, Interrupts, and the Vector Table , Core Extensions
Text book 1: Chapter 1 - 1.1 to 1.4, Chapter 2 - 2.1 to 2.5
RBT: L1, L2
Module 2
Introduction to the ARM Instruction Set : Data Processing Instructions , Programme 08
Instructions, Software Interrupt Instructions, Program Status Register Instructions,
Coprocessor Instructions, Loading Constants
ARM programming using Assembly language: Writing Assembly code, Profiling and
cycle counting, instruction scheduling, Register Allocation, Conditional Execution, Looping
Constructs
Text book 1: Chapter 3:Sections 3.1 to 3.6 ( Excluding 3.5.2), Chapter 6(Sections 6.1 to
6.6)
RBT: L1, L2
Module 3
Embedded System Components: Embedded Vs General computing system, History of 08
embedded systems, Classification of Embedded systems, Major applications areas of
embedded systems, purpose of embedded systems
Core of an Embedded System including all types of processor/controller, Memory, Sensors,
Actuators, LED, 7 segment LED display, stepper motor, Keyboard, Push button switch,
Communication Interface (onboard and external types), Embedded firmware, Other system
components.
Text book 2:Chapter 1(Sections 1.2 to 1.6),Chapter 2(Sections 2.1 to 2.6)
RBT: L1, L2
Module 4
Embedded System Design Concepts: Characteristics and Quality Attributes of Embedded 08
Systems, Operational quality attributes ,non-operational quality attributes, Embedded
Systems-Application and Domain specific, Hardware Software Co-Design and Program
Modelling, embedded firmware design and development
Text book 2: Chapter-3, Chapter-4, Chapter-7 (Sections 7.1, 7.2 only), Chapter-9
(Sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.3.1, 9.3.2 only)
RBT: L1, L2
Module 5
RTOS and IDE for Embedded System Design: Operating System basics, Types of 08
operating systems, Task, process and threads (Only POSIX Threads with an example
program), Thread preemption, Multiprocessing and Multitasking, Task Communication
(without any program), Task synchronization issues – Racing and Deadlock, Concept of
Binary and counting semaphores (Mutex example without any program), How to choose an
RTOS, Integration and testing of Embedded hardware and firmware, Embedded system
Development Environment – Block diagram (excluding Keil), Disassembler/decompiler,
simulator, emulator and debugging techniques, target hardware debugging, boundary scan.
Text book 2: Chapter-10 (Sections 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 , 10.7, 10.8.1.1, 10.8.1.2, 10.8.2.2,
10.10 only), Chapter 12, Chapter-13 ( block diagram before 13.1, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 13.6
only)
RBT: L1, L2
Course Outcomes: The student will be able to :
● Describe the architectural features and instructions of ARM microcontroller
● Apply the knowledge gained for Programming ARM for different applications.
● Interface external devices and I/O with ARM microcontroller.
● Interpret the basic hardware components and their selection method based on the characteristics
and attributes of an embedded system.
● Develop the hardware /software co-design and firmware design approaches.
 Demonstrate the need of real time operating system for embedded system applications
Question Paper Pattern:
 The question paper will have ten questions.
 Each full Question consisting of 20 marks
 There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
 Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
 The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Textbooks:
1. Andrew N Sloss, Dominic Symes and Chris Wright, ARM system developers guide, Elsevier,
Morgan Kaufman publishers, 2008.
2. Shibu K V, “Introduction to Embedded Systems”, Tata McGraw Hill Education, Private Limited,
2nd Edition.
Reference Books:
1. Raghunandan..G.H, Microcontroller (ARM) and Embedded System, Cengage learning
Publication,2019
2. The Insider‟s Guide to the ARM7 Based Microcontrollers, Hitex Ltd.,1st edition, 2005.
3. Steve Furber, ARM System-on-Chip Architecture, Second Edition, Pearson, 2015.
4. Raj Kamal, Embedded System, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishers, 2nd Edition, 2008.

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