ACS6110   Embedded Systems and Rapid Control Prototyping   (15 credits)

Description

The aims of this course are twofold. Firstly, to demonstrate how the desired functionality of a real-world system can be implemented using a CPU and peripheral components to form an embedded device, and secondly, for students to gain practical experience of rapid control prototyping using high-level design software and real-time data acquisition hardware. In the first part of the course students will study the hardware and software associated with embedded devices, such as data acquisition units, and how interaction with real-world systems can be realised through the use of sensors, actuators and interrupt routines. Students will then design and implement their own control algorithm upon a challenging control problem.

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