ACS335 Real-Time Embedded Systems (10 credits)

Year Running: 2017/2018

Credit level: F6

Pre-requisites		Previous experience of C programming & its application to microcontroller is required.If you're unsure as to whether you have suitable pre-requisite knowledge, refer to the ACS126 syllabus for details of what we expect students to have previously studied.
Additional Information		Restricted to students on programmes in ACSE, Aero, & Bio Eng only due to lab equipment restrictions and required background knowledge.

Description

Many systems, for example; a control system, fault detection system or health monitoring system are required to work in real-time, i.e. work in the ¿real¿ world and meet the timing constraints of the ¿real¿ world. This module looks at how to take theoretical designs and simulated systems and develop an appropriate implementation which will work in the real world. Such systems can be developed and implemented using a CPU and external devices in an embedded system application/device to perform the desired tasks in the ¿real¿ world. The first part of the module looks at the hardware associated with building an embedded system, while the second part looks at how the desired functionality and thus real-time operation of an embedded system can be realised through software/hardware.

Reading List

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Teaching Methods

Delivery Type	Hours
Independent	70.0
Lab	14.0
Lecture	10.0
Tutorial	6.0

Methods of assessment

Assessment Type	% of formal assessment	Semester
Course Work	50 %	S1
Lab Work	15 %	S1
Other	35 %	S1

Teaching methods and assessment displayed on this page are indicative for 2023-24.