CoE 165 S1 AY 2024-2025

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CoE 165 - Computer Organization and Embedded Systems II

  • Course Description: Advanced course on the modeling, design, and analysis of computational systems that interact with physical processes.
  • Prerequisite: EEE 153 Computer Organization and Embedded Systems I
  • Co-requisite: CoE 163 Computing Architectures and Algorithms
  • Course Credit: 3 units (lecture)
  • Course Goals:
    • To provide an understanding of models, analysis tools, and control for embedded systems operating in real time.
    • To teach students how to combine physical processes with computation.

Course Information

  • Instructor: Louis P. Alarcon (louis.alarcon@eee...)
    • Consultation hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2pm-3pm, room 409
  • Schedule: Tuesdays, 7am - 10am
  • Section: TQR
  • Room: EEEI LC1

Announcements

  • 8/20: Welcome to CoE165!
  • 8/20: Assignment 1 is already available. Due 8/27.
  • 8/28: Assignment 2 is already available. Due 9/03.
  • 9/03: Classes suspended due to weather.
  • 9/03: The deadline for Assignment 2 is extended to 9/04.
  • 9/03: So we don't get too far behind in our lectures, please watch this lecture video. We'll then discuss your questions in our next class.
  • 9/23: In light of the transport strike, we will not meet on Tue 9/24. I will post a video lecture.
  • 9/23: Apologies for the late homework upload. I will need to restructure the topics to account for all these class disturbances.
  • 9/30: Assignment 3 is now available Due 10/08.
  • 10/07: No class on 10/08 -- unfortunately, I have been diagnosed with a bacterial infection of the throat and sinus, and I am a bit too weak to hold classes tomorrow. Please standby for announcements on a make-up class as well as more lecture videos.

Class Schedule

Week Date Topic Resources
1 8/20
  • Introduction
  • Motivation for Cyber-Physical Systems
Model-Based Design
2 8/27
  • Introduction to Cyber-Physical Systems
  • Model-Based Design
3 9/3
  • Continuous Dynamics
  • Memory Architectures
  • Input and Output
  • Sensors and Actuators
4 9/10
  • Modeling Modal Behavior
  • Lecture 4 (pdf)
  • Assignment 4
5 9/17
  • Discrete Dynamics
  • Video: Discrete Dynamics (mp4)
  • Video: State Machines (mp4)
  • Assignment 5
6 9/24
  • Extended and Timed Automata
  • Assignment 6
7 10/1
  • Composition of State Machines
  • Hierarchical State Machines
  • Assignment 7
8 10/8
  • Specification and Temporal Logic: Comparing State Machines
  • Reachability analysis
  • Assignment 8
9 10/15 Midterm Exam
Resource Management
10 10/22
  • Multitasking
  • Assignment 9
11 10/29
  • Operating Systems
  • Microkernels
12 11/5
  • Scheduling Anomalies
13 11/12
  • Execution Time Analysis
Distributed Embedded Systems
11/19 No Class
14 11/26
  • Synchronous/Reactive and Dataflow Models
  • Assignment 10
15 12/3
  • Security for Embedded Systems
  • Networked Embedded Systems

Grading

  • Assignments: 50%
  • Midterm Exam: 25%
    • October 15, 7am-10am, EEEI LC1
  • Final Exam: 25%
    • During the finals week: December 11-17 (to be set)

Reference

Important Dates

  • Academic Calendar AY 2024-2025
  • Start of classes: August 20
  • Deadline for change of matriculation: August 30
  • Mid-semester: October 14
  • Deadline for dropping: November 14
  • Deadline for filing LOA: November 25
  • End of classes: December 9