Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Fall 2018 - ENSC 351 D100

Embedded and Real Time System Software (4)

Class Number: 6644

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2018: Mon, Wed, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Dec 12, 2018
    Wed, 3:30–6:30 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    (CMPT 128 and ENSC 215 and ENSC 250) or ENSC 254 or (CMPT 225 and (CMPT 250 or CMPT 295)) and a minimum of 60 credit hours/units. ENSC 351 is a required course for all Engineering Science Major and Honours students (no course substitutions are permitted).

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Concentrates on the problems encountered when attempting to use computers in real time (RT) and embedded applications where the computer system must discern the state of the real world and react to it within stringent response time constraints. Both design methodology and practical implementation techniques for RT systems are presented. Although some hardware will be involved, it should be noted that this course concentrates on real time software. Students with credit for or who are concurrently enrolled in ENSC 451/MSE 450 cannot take this course for further credit.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course concentrates on the problems encountered when attempting to use computers in real-time computing and embedded applications where the system must respond to the state of the real world within strict time constraints. Both design methodology and practical implementation techniques for real-time systems are going to be presented. Although some hardware will be involved, it should be noted that this course concentrates on real time software, with particular focus on concurrent programming techniques for effectively solving problems using multi-core and multi-threaded processors. Also as part of the course the students will create Linux kernel drivers in the C programming language, operate an embedded ARM core and learn handling of very large projects.


Please note that this is a lab-heavy course.  

Grading

  • Midterm Exam 10%
  • Final Exam 20%
  • Project 30%
  • Labs 40%

Registrar Notes:

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