Credits: 5
Schedule: 07.01.2019 - 12.04.2019
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
An up-to-date syllabus is available at Materials.
Teaching Period (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
III-IV (Spring)
Learning Outcomes (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
On successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Present the typical life-cycle models for developing embedded systems; both sequential models and agile ones
2. Apply a variety of requirements engineering methodologies for specifying embedded systems
3. Apply commonly used design specification techniques for embedded systems
4. Select and tailor appropriate testing schemes for embedded hardware/software systems
5. Describe a set of effective performance analysis techniques for real-time systems
6. Justify/criticize technology forecasts on the future of real-time systems hardware, software, and applications
Content (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
Requirements engineering methodologies, software design approaches, performance analysis techniques, testing and fault tolerance, envisioning the future of embedded systems.
Details on the course content (applies in this implementation):
Assessment Methods and Criteria (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
Lectures, debates, homework assignments, mini project, final examination. The final grade is a function of debates ~10%, homework assignments ~15%, mini project ~15%, and the final examination ~60%.
Workload (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
Contact teaching (lectures, debates, exercises, and examination) 51 h, personal study effort (preparing for lectures/debates, reviews after lectures, homework assignments, review before the examination) 60 h, group collaboration (mini project) 20 h; total 131 h.
Study Material (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
P. A. Laplante and S. J. Ovaska, Real-Time Systems Design and Analysis: Tools for the Practitioner, 4th Edition. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2012, Ch. 5 – Ch. 9. (e-book available for Aalto students from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118136607).
Lecture slides and other e-handouts.
Substitutes for Courses (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
Replaces S-81.3200
Course Homepage (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=ELEC-E8408
Prerequisites (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
ELEC-E8001 Embedded Real-Time Systems (or S-81.2200 Sulautetut mikroprosessorijärjestelmät)
Registration for Courses (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
WebOodi
Further Information (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
Lectured by Prof. Seppo Ovaska http://people.aalto.fi/en/seppo_ovaska
Language class 3 English
- Teacher: Blech Jan