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Course: 2025/2026

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Master in Microelectronic Design Engineering (Plan: 546 - Estudio: 410)
EPI


Coordinating teacher: LINDOSO MUÑOZ, ALMUDENA

Department assigned to the subject: Electronic Technology Department

Type: Electives
ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

Course: 1º
Semester: 2º



Objectives
- Knowledge of circuits and Embedded digital systems, architectures, basic components and design choices. - Design and programming of embedded systems integrated in a chip (SoC and SoPC). - Design of embedded systems from functional specifications evaluating available choices their impact on the system.
Learning Outcomes
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Description of contents: programme
1. Introduction to embedded systems and system on chip: SoC, SoPC. 2. Embedded platform and components. Platforms with programmable hardware. Co-design hardware/software. 3. Design of hardware components. Interfaces and communication mechanisms. Hardware acceleration. 4. Design of software components. Driver design. Tasks planning. Real Time Operating Systems. 5. Verification and optimization of embedded systems.
Learning activities and methodology
- Theoretical classes - Practical classes - Laboratory practices - Final and partial exams - Individual work - Team work
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination/test 60
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 40

Calendar of Continuous assessment


Basic Bibliography
  • J. K. Peckol. Embedded Systems: A Contemporary Design Tool. Wiley. 2008
  • K.C. Wang . Embedded and Real-Time Operating Systems. Springer. 2017
  • L. H. Crockett et al.. The Zynq Book. Embedded Processing with the ARM® Cortex®-A9 on the Xilinx® Zynq®-7000 All Programmable SoC.. Strathclyde Academic Media. 2014
  • P. Marwedel. Embedded System Design. Springer. 2011

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.