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Knowledge Evolution
Embedded Systems Software Design and Development
Introduction to Embedded Systems and Software
Course ID: EPOL-10:016
Duration: 2 or 3 days
Number of participants: recommended optimum 15, maximum 25
Course objectives
The primary goal of this course is to give the participant the concepts and techniques necessary
to develop software for embedded computer systems with or without a real-time operating system.
This is a very practical, results-oriented course that will provide knowledge and skills that can be applied
immediately.
This course introduces the concepts shared by most embedded systems and their software. It also
introduces the techniques used in the development of embedded multitasking application software.
The course begins with the fundamental elements of embedded systems hardware and software, including
their design and development. Fundamental processor and operating system concepts relevant
to multi-tasking systems are introduced, with focus on the basic services provided by off the shelf
real-time operating system (RTOS) kernels.
The course then introduces the students to multitasking application software design, using many application
examples. Design approaches are shown for soft- as well as hard- real time systems. In addition,
both mathematical and empirical development and debugging tools are studied. The special facilities
of the C programming language for embedded software development are surveyed. On the third day
of the course, special topics are given in-depth attention – including embedded device driver development,
testing and debugging of embedded software and systems. The usage of multi-core
systems-on-a-chip for embedded multiprocessing is also discussed.
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