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Teaching embedded systems the Berkeley way

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Jensen, Jeff C. Seshia, Sanjit A. Lee, Edward A.
Abstract	This paper describes an approach to teaching embedded systems from the perspective of cyber-physical systems. We place less emphasis on the mechanics of embedded system design and more on critical thinking about design technologies and on how the design of embedded software affects the behavior, safety, and reliability of cyber-physical systems. The course gives students experience with three distinct levels of design of embedded software, namely bare-iron programming (software that executes in the absence of an operating system), programming within a real-time operating system, and model-based design. In each case, students are taught to think critically about the technology, to probe deeply the mechanisms and abstractions that are provided, and to understand the consequences of chosen abstractions on overall system design. This paper describes a laboratory experience that first exposes students to the three levels of abstraction through a structured sequence of exercises, followed by an open-ended capstone project. Several example projects are described.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	8
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781450317658
DOI	10.1145/2530544.2530545
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2012-10-12
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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