About this course: What will you learn? Embedded Systems are so ubiquitous that some of us take them for granted: we find them in smartphones, GPS systems, airplanes and so on. But have you ever wondered how these devices actually work? If so, you're in the right place! In this course, you'll learn about the characteristics of embedded systems: the possibilities, dangers, complications and recipes for success. We'll discuss all of this in the framework of a flourishing embedded systems field: the Internet of Things, where billions of intercommunicating devices could enable unprecedented, innovative products and services. If you'd like to learn how to create similarly innovative products, then this is the course for you! At the end of the course, you'll be able to: - make the right choice for your own project when it comes to the target market, parallel executions, time and the lifecycle of your system - hack, avoid failure and promote success - decide whether to buy or to build components - how to assemble a good team - install case tools - learn how to work with SysML This is an introductory course. Check out our more advanced course Architecting Smart IoT Devices soon if you want to go beyond the basics!
Who is this class for: This course provides an overview of the basic aspects of embedded systems components. If you are a product manager, a technical manager or involved in developing products, this course will give you an overview of the different aspects of embedded systems. We'll focus on applying this knowledge in the area of IoT. Our blended learning approach offers you the best of both worlds: you can learn online whenever you want to, but can still get hands-on coaching from industry experts. Although useful for professionals, this course is aiming for first year Master students in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science. Note that as a consequence, quiz questions are more exam questions where you have to construct the answer based on the principles that are taught in the web lectures, rather than to recall the literal text of the teacher.
Taught by: Martin Timmerman, Prof Dr
Royal Military Academy Brussels - Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB-ETRO) - Dedicated Systems Experts NV/SA (CEO)
| Level | Beginner |
| Commitment | 3 weeks of study ,1-3 hours/week |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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- Video: Course introduction
- Reading: Welcome to Introduction to Architecting Smart IoT Devices!
- Video: Welcome to Module1!
- Video: Market
- Reading: History Of Embedded Systems
- Reading: Today's Embedded Systems' Markets
- Video: EmS Characteristics
- Reading: What is a real-time system?
- Reading: Shannon's Principle
- Reading: COTS
- Video: Parallel Executions
- Reading: Parallel - Concurrent - Multithreading
- Reading: Tightly versus Loosely Coupled
- Video: Time
- Reading: Time Definitions
- Reading: Time on our Planet
- Reading: Electronic time references
- Video: System Lifecycle
- Reading: Babylon? Methodology, method, model, framework, approach, paradigm
- Reading: The phases in the process or methodology
- Reading: Simulation, virtual reality and automatic code generation
- Video: Welcome to Module 2!
- Video: Abuse
- Reading: Hacking and Vulnerability
- Reading: Hacking for Beginners
- Reading: Stuxnet
- Reading: ATM Hacking
- Reading: Medical device hacking
- Video: Failure
- Reading: Ariane V failure
- Reading: Mars Pathfinder failure
- Reading: Embedded Systems Failure
- Reading: Model-Based Design
- Video: Succes Rate
- Reading: CHAOS reports - success rates
- Reading: Why software (and hardware) fails
- Reading: Embedded systems risk areas
- Video: Build or Buy?
- Reading: What is COTS?
- Reading: Build or Buy
- Reading: Skills needed in COTS world
- Reading: COTS and testing
- Reading: COTS example
- Video: Complexity
- Reading: What is SLOC?
- Reading: Complex, smart, intelligent
- Reading: Team Size
- Video: Welcome to Module 3!
- Video: Lifecycle Basics
- Reading: Methodological models versus system modelling
- Reading: Definitions on Lifecycle
- Video: Architectural Design
- Reading: Requirements gathering
- Reading: Functional and non-functional requirements
- Reading: Requirement Traceability Matrix
- Reading: Design Patterns
- Video: Model-based Design
- Reading: Models: diagrams and mathematics
- Reading: CASE TOOLS vs IDE
- Reading: Business versus Embedded Systems Models
- Reading: What CASE Tool? Low cost tools
- Video: Intro to SysML
- Reading: Finding the SysML references and training
- Reading: SysML overviews, tutorials, examples
- Reading: Install a SysML Case tool
- Reading: Get the book: SysML Distilled - A Brief Guide to the Systems Modeling Language
- Video: SysML Diagrams
- Reading: MagicDraw and Delligatti: how to prepare for the final quiz
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Good amount of information are covered in this Course. The Author has spent lot of time to gather this information which are useful for the students. This is a must for anyone who is working on embedded systems who are part of the Design and Development.
The course curriculum is good but the last two quizzes were not properly organized. The content of the final quizz refers a while bunch of diagrams with no indexing .
Very good content. Very good introduction to advanced topics in embedded systems. I believe this is the first session and the course definitely needs some work to make it more interactive and engaging. Much of it is simply links to articles and then a quiz on what you read. Anyways I recommend it to anyone interested in embedded systems.
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very informative