| 1. | Course Title | Programming Embedded Systems in ‘C’ | |||||||||||
| 2. | Code | 4ФЕИТ05022 | |||||||||||
| 3. | Study program | 9-VMS | |||||||||||
| 4. | Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) | Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies | |||||||||||
| 5. | Degree (first, second, third cycle) | Second cycle | |||||||||||
| 6. | Academic year/semester | I/1 | 7. | Number of ECTS credits | 6.00 | ||||||||
| 8. | Lecturer | Dr Zoran Ivanovski | |||||||||||
| 9. | Course Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
| 10. | Course Goals (acquired competencies):
Upon completion of the course the student have acquired knowledge and understanding of programming concepts and techniques necessary for optimal and efficient programming of embedded systems. The acquired knowledge will enable him to design, implementation, test and deploy embedded systems software. The course is also, the base for following some of the courses in the domain of embedded systems software. |
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| 11. | Course Syllabus:
Working environment for embedded systems. Basic programming techniques: control flow, arrays, functions. Memory management: pointers, pointer arrays, function pointers, advanced work with pointers, structures and unions. Data structures: execution time analysis and memory requirement analysis, linked lists, stacks and ques. Conditional compiling, preprocessor directives, files. C functions with variable arguments. Introduction to processes. Introduction to system calls. |
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| 12. | Learning methods:
Combined learning methods: lectures, supported by presentations and concepts visualizations, active participation of students through project works. |
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| 13. | Total number of course hours | 180 | |||||||||||
| 14. | Distribution of course hours | 3 + 3 | |||||||||||
| 15. | Forms of teaching | 15.1 | Lectures-theoretical teaching | 45 hours | |||||||||
| 15.2 | Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork | 45 hours | |||||||||||
| 16. | Other course activities | 16.1 | Projects, seminar papers | 30 hours | |||||||||
| 16.2 | Individual tasks | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 16.3 | Homework and self-learning | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 17. | Grading | ||||||||||||
| 17.1 | Exams | 0 points | |||||||||||
| 17.2 | Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) | 50 points | |||||||||||
| 17.3. | Activity and participation | 0 points | |||||||||||
| 17.4. | Final exam | 50 points | |||||||||||
| 18. | Grading criteria (points) | up to 50 points | 5 (five) (F) | ||||||||||
| from 51 to 60 points | 6 (six) (E) | ||||||||||||
| from 61 to 70 points | 7 (seven) (D) | ||||||||||||
| from 71 to 80 points | 8 (eight) (C) | ||||||||||||
| from 81 to 90 points | 9 (nine) (B) | ||||||||||||
| from 91 to 100 points | 10 (ten) (A) | ||||||||||||
| 19. | Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam | Completed project work. | |||||||||||
| 20. | Forms of assessment | The student should complete the project work and present it before the final exam. The final exam takes place in the exam session, the time frame is 60 minutes. The final score is formed based on the score from the project work and the final exam. | |||||||||||
| 21. | Language | Macedonian and English | |||||||||||
| 22. | Method of monitoring of teaching quality | Internal evaluation and surveys. | |||||||||||
| 23. | Literature | ||||||||||||
| 23.1. | Required Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | A.N.Sloss, D.Symes and C. Wright | ARM System Developer’s Guide: Designing and Optimizing System Software | Elsevier Inc. | 2004 | |||||||||
| 23.2. | Additional Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | Jonathan W. Valvano | Developing Embedded Software in C Using ICC11/ICC12/Metrowerks | University of Texas | 2006 | |||||||||
