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Week	Topic	Recommended Reading	Assignments
1	Introduction to Embedded Systems	Chapter 1, Embedded System Design by Vahid and Givargis Wikipedia on Embedded and Cyber-Physical Systems Smartphones on the battlefield Imagining the Future: Thoughts on Computing [pdf] http://www.embedded.com C++ Tutorials on the web: #1, #2, #3, #4 Oracle Virtualbox, installing Ubuntu Linux on Vitualbox Using GNU tools in Linux	Reading Assignment 0 Homework Assignment 0
2-3	Specification and Modeling of Embedded Systems	Chapter 2, Embedded System Design by Peter Marwedel Models of computation and languages for embedded system design [pdf] UML webpage Wikipedia on Electronic Design Automation (EDA)	Reading Assignment 1 Homework Assignment 1
3	Introduction to SystemC	SystemC webpage (register and download systemc-2.3.0.tgz from Downloads > Accellera Systems Initiative Standards Documentation (installation guide, user guide, functional spec) from the docs/ directory of the SystemC .tgz archive SystemC Tutorials on the web: #1, #2, #3	Reading Assignment 2 Homework Assignment 2
4-6	Hardware Components in Embedded Systems	Chapter 3, Embedded System Design by Peter Marwedel Power Optimization and Management in Embedded Systems [pdf] Nvidia Tegra 4 SoC Apple A6 SoC Teardown TI OMAP 5 SoC Microcontrollers [Intel 8051, Motorola 6805] Chapter 4, Embedded System Design by Peter Marwedel Pocket Guide to Digital Signal Processors Programmable SoCs [Zynq] Emerging Memory Technology in the News: #1, #2, #3, #4	Reading Assignment 3-4 Homework Assignment 3
7	Communication in Embedded Systems	S. Pasricha, and N. Dutt. “On-Chip Communication Architectures”, Morgan Kauffman, 2008 W. J. Dally, and B. Towles, “Interconnection Networks”, Morgan Kauffman, 2004 NoC simulators: Noxim, Nirgam NoC RTL code: Netmaker, Connect, Stanford Router	Reading Assignment 5 Homework Assignment 4
8	Hardware Components: Challenges and Trends	Recent publications from my research group here	Reading Assignment 6
9-11	Software Components in Embedded Systems	Trends in Embedded Software Design VxWorks, Embedded Linux, Google Android and TinyOS RTOSs.	Reading Assignment 7-8 Homework Assignment 5
11	Software Optimizations in Embedded Systems	Optimizing C/C++ for Embedded Systems The Use of Compiler Optimizations for Embedded Software [pdf]	Reading Assignment 9 Homework Assignment 6
12	Writing Good Embedded Software	Getting disciplined about embedded software development 10 tips for writing more maintainable embedded software code
13	HW/SW Partitioning	Chapter 5.3, Embedded System Design by Peter Marwedel Hardware/software codesign of embedded systems article [pdf]	Reading Assignment 10 Homework Assignment 7
14	Fall Recess
15	Sensors, Actuators, and Embedded Controls	Chapter 3, Embedded System Design by Peter Marwedel Evolution of embedded image sensors Embedded sensor processing revolution Robust Design: Ambiguity and Uncertainty Exploring Fault Tolerant Network-on-Chip Architectures [pdf] Wikipedia on Soft Errors Chapter 9, Embedded System Design by Vahid and Givargis	Reading Assignment 11
16	Embedded Systems Security	Embedded System Security Book Workshop on Embedded Systems Security Schneier on Security Blog	Reading Assignment 12
17	Finals		Final Project Report Due