Embedded Systems (H7061)

15 credits, Level 5

Spring teaching

This module introduces you to the modelling, design and analysis of contemporary and future embedded systems (integrations of computation and communication with physical processes).

You'll cover the following topics:

actuators and sampling
analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converter
assembly language and pseudocode
communication interfaces
concurrent composition of state machines and hierarchical modelling
embedded processors
equivalence and refinement
event/time driven programming
feedback control
finite-state machines
I/O hardware
interrupts and exceptions
linear temporal logic
memory architectures
multitasking and scheduling
pulse width modulation
reachability analysis and model checking
sensors and discretisation
timed automata and supervisory control
timer/counter.

Teaching and assessment

We’re currently reviewing teaching and assessment of our modules in light of the COVID-19 situation. We’ll publish the latest information as soon as possible.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 53 hours of contact time and about 97 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We’re planning to run this module in the academic year 2020/21. However, there may be changes to this module in response to COVID-19, or due to staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. It may not be possible to take some module combinations due to timetabling constraints. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Courses

This module is offered on the following courses: