Embedded Systems Applications (BTE755C)

Embedded Systems Applications

Course Code BTE755C 
CIE Marks 50
Teaching Hours/Week (L: T:P: S) 3:0:0:0 
SEE Marks 50
Total Hours of Pedagogy 40 
Total Marks 100
Credits 03 
Exam Hours 03
Examination type (SEE) Theory

Module-1

Introduction to embedded systems: Application domain of embedded systems, desirable features

and general characteristics of embedded systems, model of an embedded system, microprocessor Vs

microcontroller, example of a simple embedded system, figure of merit for an embedded system,

classification of MCUs: 4/8/16/32 bits, history of embedded systems, current trends.

(Text: 1.1 to 1.9)

Module-2

Embedded systems-The hardware point of view: Microcontroller unit (MCU), The Processor, The

Harvard Architecture, A popular 8-bit MCU: General Purpose I/O (GPIO), Clock; Memory for embedded

systems: Semiconductor Memory, Random Access Memory (RAM), Static RAM (SRAM), An SRAM Chip.

Low Power Design, Pull up and Pull Down Resistors.

(Text: 2.1 to 2.2.2, 2.3 to 2.3.2.2 and 2.4 to 2.5 )

Module-3

Sensors, ADCs and Actuators

Sensors: Temperature Sensor, Light Sensor, Proximity/range Sensor; Analog to digital converters: ADC

Interfacing, Control Interface, Data Interface; Actuators: Displays, Light Emitting Diodes (LED), Seven

Segment LED; Motors: Stepper Motors, DC Motors.

(Text: 3.1.1 to 3.1.3, 3.2 to 3.2.1.2, 3.3 to 3.3.1.2 and 3.3.2 to 3.3.2.2)

Module-4

Examples of embedded systems: Mobile phone, Automotive electronics, Radio Frequency Identification

(RFID), Wireless Sensor Networks (WISENET), Robotics, Biomedical applications, Brain machine

interface.

(Text: 4.1 to 4.7)

Module-5

Embedded Design-A Systems Perspective: A Typical Example, Product Design, The Design Process,

Testing,

Bulk Manufacturing.

(Text: 18.1 to 18.5)

Suggested Learning Resources:

Books

1. Das, LyLa B.. Embedded Systems: An Integrated Approach. India: Pearson Education India, ISBN

9788131787663, 2013.