Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering Information Technology

High Performace Embedded Systems (ELEC8315)

Lecturer:	Professor Thomas Bräunl
Room:	4.15
Fax:	6488-1168
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Semester 1, 6 points

Outcomes
Students gain an understanding of the design and development of advanced embedded systems as used in mobile telecommunications systems, intelligent transportation systems, flexible manufacturing and automation systems, and related application areas; perform problem identification, formulation and solution in the context of a systems-based approach; and gain in-depth technical competence in the area of advanced computer systems engineering for high-performance and real-time embedded systems.

Content
The topics covered in this unit are requirements analysis for high-performance embedded systems, system design for high-performance embedded systems, hardware design of high-performance embedded systems (single-board solutions, system-on-chip solutions), software design for high-performance embedded systems, testing and debugging of high-performance embedded systems (life cycle issues, risk-based test strategies, quality assessment), simulation and prototyping; real-time embedded systems: specification of real-time embedded systems (RT-UML, timed Petri nets, real-time logic), design of real-time embedded systems (RT-patterns, generalised RT-scheduling theory), performance modelling (discrete-event and hybrid control approaches), implementation, benchmarking and testing of real-time embedded systems; applications for high-performance embedded systems: intelligent and knowledge-based systems, mobile systems, telecommunication systems.

Assessment
In-depth technical competence in the subject matter is assessed by examination and assignment. Teamwork is assessed in a group laboratory report and demonstration of a developed and tested system.

Contact Hours

Type	Hours	Start	Note
Lectures	36 hrs comb.	week 1	combined block of 3h weekly
Labs		week 2

For days, time and venues, see: www.timetable.uwa.edu.au

Unit Co-ordinator:           Professor Thomas Bräunl
Tutors / Lab Supervisors: Adrian Boeing

Textbooks:         none

Course Notes:        see link
Lab Assignments:    see link
Supplem. Material : see link

Marks (Cont. Asses.) :  see link

Unit Structure

1. Introduction
2. C and C++ Programming (4 weeks)
3. Hardware Platforms and Device Drivers (4 weeks)
4. Real-time Image Processing (4 weeks)

Assessment

Type	% of final mark	Comments
Labs 1-5 C++ Test Seminar Report Seminar presentation	30% 30% 20% 20%	6% per lab . . In-class test . To be completed by end of Semester
No final examination

Penalties
Each lab is due at the end of the scheduled session.
Seminar reports will receive a 20% penalty for each day late.

Plagiarism
All work submitted must be the student's (or group's, resp.) own work.
Citations must be clearly marked as such.
See the faculty policy on plagiarism. 

Sacling
See the faculty policy for scaling marks.

Appeals
See the faculty policy for appeals.