Schedule
Important Dates
These are the milestones for your project:
- 2017-09-05 (Tue): Proposal presentation for the other groups. (the occasion for Lecture 2), ~10 minutes/group, 2-3 slides presentation, made by one of the group members.
- 2017-09-11 (Mon): Last date for handing in the Final Project Proposal.
- general description
- specification
- feasibility study
- work plan
- 2017-10-13 (Fri): Demonstration.
- 2017-10-13 (Fri): Project Presentation.
- 2017-10-22 (Sun): Last date for handing in the Final Report.
Lectures
Time: 15:00-17:00 Tuesdays, Location: E:2116 (Note: the location may change! Keep an eye on the news page.) for lectures 1-6, and 13:00-15:00 Friday, for lecture 7 (final presentation).
The lectures start Tuesday, 2017-08-29. Lecture related materials, including slides, will appear and may be updated on this page as the course progresses. Keep an eye on the official schedule as well.
- 1st Lecture (2017-08-29): A Very Brief Introduction. (slides PDF)
- 2nd Lecture (2017-09-05): Group Presentations of Project Proposals. Building Whole Systems: An Overview. (slides PDF)
- 3rd Lecture (2017-09-12): Real-Life Design Trade-offs. (slides PDF)
- 4th Lecture (2017-09-19): Software in Embedded Systems (slides PDF). Testing and Debugging (slides PDF).
- 5th Lecture (2017-09-26): Safety-Critical Embedded Systems. (slides PDF)
- 6th Lecture (2017-10-03): Guest presentation from ARM (likely on IoT)
- 7th Lecture (2017-10-13): Groups' Final Project Presentation (NOTE: Friday 13-15)
Labs
There is one dedicated 2-hour lab each week (Fridays, 13-15, in E:4116 - see notes for exceptions). However, you will need to spend a lot more time in the labs on your own in order to carry out your projects. The Xilinx synthesis tools and Digilent support tools are available for Windows.
NOTE: The scheduled lab hours are only intended as a way of meeting me and ask me questions. I will also check your progress. There are NO LAB ASSIGNMENTS - you should still be working on your projects during these times.
NOTE: Lab session schedule exceptions
- The lab session on Friday 2017-09-15, is in E:4116 from 10-12 (same room, different time)
- The lab session on Friday 2017-10-06, is in E:4115 from 13-15 (different room, same time)