- INTEL
Embedded Systems Curriculum Development 2011-2012
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- Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Howard
University
- Washington DC
20059
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- "Modernization
of Traditional Microcomputer Courses to Intel Atom
Processor-Based Embedded Computing Courses"
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- This project
is supported by Intel Corporation in 2011-2012 academin year.
- Project Overview:
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- The following two (2) courses
will be covered under the project.
- (1) EECE 416 Microcomputer
Design (3 credits, Fall semester only):This
course is a junior/senior level course, required
for all Computer Engineering students but
elective for Electrical Engineering students.This
course is a traditional computer course which
focuses on computer architectures of CISC and
RISC, signal descriptions and instructions, and
programming and simulation/emulation of assembly
language..This project intends to break away from
this traditional approach to modernized embedded
system approach with Intel Atom based processor
architecture, software development tools, power
management, and optimization for industrial
control applications.
- (2) EECE 456 Embedded System
Design Lab (3 credits. Spring semester only).This
course in senior level is the next in sequence of
the EECE 416 Microcomputer Design
course.Currently, students are limited to the
platform of the previous course, namely 8-bit
Motorola controllers and Microchip
microcontrollers, in their projects to develop
embedded systems. This project intends to convert
the course to a highly integrated, connected,
media-rich application course with the Atom
processor boards.The students who gained the
basic Atom architecture and software development
from the new EECE416 Microcomputer Design would
be ready to design control systems with sensors,
actuators, and media-access.
Intel Embedded System
Integration Plan:
- (1) EECE
416 Microcomputer Design (3
credits, Fall semester):This project intends to break
away from the traditional approach of using simple
low-end microcontroller to modernized embedded system
approach with Intel Atom based processor architecture,
software development tools, power management, and
optimization for industrial control applications.With the
integration of the Atom processor boards, this class
would provide and prepare students with fundamental
knowledge of Atom processor and the development skills of
the chipset for the application of the processor in the
next course in sequence, which is the second course under
this project. The first few lectures of the course
would be dedicated to x86 microarchitecture with MASM
based assembly language programming, followed by Atom
processor architecture and platform architecture for the
board. Also, code designs and COTS OS selection and
software development tools would familiarize students
with the board.
- (2) EECE 456 Embedded System Design Lab (3 credits. Spring semester).This project
intends to convert the course to a highly integrated,
connected, media-rich application course with the Atom
processor boards. The students who gained the basic
Atom architecture and software development from the new
EECE416 Microcomputer Design would be ready to design
control systems with sensors, actuators, and
media-access. Some example systems include: Touch
activated response system, Programmable logic controller
for plant control, Autonomous rescue robot, and Smart
energy meter development
Intel Atom Boards:
- Ten (10) Intel Atom E6x0 Series boards
(Tunnel Creek)
- One (1) Intel Atom E6x5C Series board
(Stellarton)
Project Investigator:
- Dr. Charles Kim (ckim@howard.edu Tel: 202-806-4821)
Student Workers:
- Isaac Collins (Graduate student) --
Hardware Diversity
- Ravindranath Jaglal (Graduate Student)
-- TA + Module Development
- Gerard Spivey (Undergraduate student)
-- System Module Development
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