CS428 Embedded Systems Lab: Syllabus
Department of Computer Science
University of Crete
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E4 - Computer Architecture and Computer Systems |
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ECTS: |
6 |
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Semester: |
Spring 2021 |
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Course Info Syllabus Policies Assignments
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Schedule
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Semester Week # |
Week Start |
Mon (Lecture 1), 16:00-18:00 |
Wed (Lecture 2), 16:00-18:00 |
Fri (Backup) 16:00-18:00 |
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1 |
15/2 |
- Introduction: Embedded Systems - Embedded System Design Issues - Lego Mindstorms NXT HW DevKit [slides available locally ~hy428/files/slides] |
- AT91SAM7S timers, clocks - AT91SAM7S: RTT (manual) - Hands on walk-through [slides available locally ~hy428/files/slides] |
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2 |
22/2 |
- ARM interrupts (2.8 in manual, AT91note) - AT91SAM7S AIC (manual) - Sound: AT91SAM7S SSC (manual) [slides available locally ~hy428/files/slides] |
- PWM & Sound - AT91SAM7S basic PIO (manual) - AT91SAM7S PDC/DMA (manual) - Consistent sound - [SPY0030A datasheet available locally] [slides available locally ~hy428/files/slides] |
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3 |
1/3 |
- ARM instruct. set (manual, ref) [slides available locally ~hy428/files/slides] |
- LCD [manual available locally] [slides available locally ~hy428/files/slides] |
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4 |
8/3 |
- LCD connectivity - Display programming [slides available locally ~hy428/files/slides] |
- ARM interrupts in depth (1/2) - Local file: AT91_interrupts.pdf - Local file: ARM7TDMI_Technical_Reference_Manual.pdf (section 2.8) - local file: Cstartup.S [slides available locally ~hy428/files/slides] |
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5 |
15/3 |
Καθαρή Δευτέρα |
- ARM interrupts in depth (2/2) [slides available locally ~hy428/files/slides] |
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6 |
22/3 |
- I2C (spec: sec1-10, i2c-manual) [slides available locally ~hy428/files/slides] |
- ARM, AVR communication - I2C implementation on TWI - Passive sensor input/output |
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7 (midterm week) |
29/3 |
- ARM, AVR communication |
- Memory technologies [slides available locally ~hy428/files/slides] (1) Natarajan, S. et al., "Searching for the dream embedded memory," Solid-State Circuits Magazine, IEEE , vol.1, no.3, pp.34,44, Summer 2009. [available locally: ~hy428/files/reading/flash/dream_ieee_ssc09.pdf] |
- Midterm (during class, to be determined) |
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8 |
5/4 |
- NAND Flash 1/2 [slides available locally ~hy428/files/slides] (1) Nitin Agrawal et al. Design tradeoffs for SSD performance. In USENIX 2008 Annual Technical Conference (ATC'08). [~hy428/files/reading/flash/agarwal_atc08.pdf] (2) Micheloni, R. et al., "Non-Volatile Memories for Removable Media," Proceedings of the IEEE , vol.97, no.1, pp.148,160, Jan. 2009. [available locally: ~hy428/files/reading/flash/micheloni_ieee97.pdf] (3) M-sysetms, White Paper, Two Flash Technologies Compared: NOR vs NAND, Arie Tal, Oct. 2002, 91-SR-012-04-8L REV. 1.0 [~hy428/files/reading/flash/msystems_nand_nor.pdf] (4) Micron Technical Note, NAND Flash 101: An Introduction to NAND Flash and How to Design It In to Your Next Product. 2006. [~hy428/files/reading/flash/micron_tn2919.pdf] |
- NAND Flash and SSDs 2/2 [slides available locally ~hy428/files/slides]
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9 |
12/4 |
- Real Time 1/2 [slides available locally ~hy428/files/slides] Rate-Monotonic Analysis for Real-Time Industrial Computing. Mark H. Klein, JohnP. Lehoczky, and Ragunathan Rajkumar Carnegie Mellon University. IEEE Computer 0018-9162/94, 1994. [Available locally: ~hy428/files/reading/RMAKleint94.pdf] - Assignment 5 (lego project) |
- Real Time 2/2 [slides available locally ~hy428/files/slides] - Extensions to RMA - Synchronization
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10 |
19/4 |
- Introduction to Virtualization for Embedded Systems [slides] - Introduction to Virtualization [slides] - Reading: (1) James E. Smith, Ravi Nair, The Architecture of Virtual Machines, IEEE Computer, vol.38, no.5, May 2005 [PDF] (2) Mendel Rosenblum, Tal Garfinkel, Virtual Machine Monitors: Current Technology and Future Trends, IEEE Computer, May 2005. [PDF] (3) A. Whitaker, R.S. Cox, M. Shaw, S.D. Gribble, Rethinking the Design of Virtual Machine Monitors, IEEE Computer, vol.38, no.5, May 2005. [PDF] (4) Kirk L. Kroeker, The Evolution of Virtualization, CACM, vol.52, no. 3, March 2009 [PDF] (5) G.J. Popek, and R.P. Goldberg, Formal Requirements for Virtualizable Third Generation Architectures, CACM, vol. 17 no. 7, 1974. [PDF] |
- QEMU (dynamic Binary translation) [slides] - Reading: Fabrice Bellard, QEMU, a Fast and Portable Dynamic Translator, USENIX Freenix, 2005 [PDF] |
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Easter recess |
26/4 |
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Easter recess |
3/5 |
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11 |
10/5 |
- Dynamic binary translation (cont.) |
- Virtualization of I/O [slides] - Reading: Mendel Rosenblum, Carl Waldspurger: "I/O Virtualization". ACM Queue, Volume 9, issue 11, November 22, 2011. [ link to ACM Queue ] |
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12 |
17/5 |
Virtualization of I/O (cont.)
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- Virtualization in the ARM Architecture [slides]
- Reading: Julien Grall: "Hypervisors on ARM: Overview and Design choices", Root Linux Conference 2017. [slides]
ARM AArch64 virtualization: Hypervisor software. [link] |
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13 |
22/5 |
- Virtualization in the ARM Architecture (cont.) |
- Tutorial on Linux device drivers [slides] |
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29/5 |
Reading Week |
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Final Exam (1st Period) |
TBD |
- Instructions - Πρόγραμμα εξετάσεων |
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Final Exam (2nd Period) |
TBD |
- Instructions - Πρόγραμμα εξετάσεων |
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