Computing Science 485 Embedded Systems (Spring 03)

Instructor: Dr. Peter Walsh Office: Bldg 315 Room 214
Phone: 753-3245 Ext 2363
E-mail: pwalsh@csciun1.mala.bc.ca

Text:

Text is available at the MUC Bookstore.

This course is a follow-on from CSCI 355. The course is concerned with co-design: the co-development of systems using both hardware and software. We will design and develop systems based on micro-controller, FPGA and RTLinux technologies. To this end, an integrated design flow will be presented with an emphasis on design verification.

Prerequisite:

Evaluation:

Note 1: The project is a major part of this course. Students must be well motivated and prepared to research a topic outside the lecture material.

Note 2: Completion of lab tasks is mandatory. Up to 5% of the overall project mark is reserved for lab participation.

Appeals of Grades: Any exercise or examination grade may be appealed. However, the appeal must be made to the instructor, in writing and attached to the work in question, and within 14 days of the grade being made available to the class. The instructor reserves the right to re-grade the entire piece of work submitted on appeal, not necessarily just the component that the student believes is in error.

Grade Conversion: The following scale will be used but the instructor reserves the right to lower the numerical score required for a particular letter grade if that seems appropriate, but the same conversion will be applied to all persons in the class. Under no circumstances will the numerical score required for a particular letter grade be raised.

NOTE: You must receive a passing mark (>= 50%) on the final examination and the overall course in order to pass the course. No books, course notes, course handouts, calculators or any other aids are permitted in the final examination.

Guidelines Concerning Fraud

• As fraud invalidates the evaluation of a student's progress, it is the duty of instructors, teaching assistants, and laboratory assistants to take measures to prevent fraud and to be vigilant towards symptoms of fraud.
• Students are encouraged to study together. But, unless the contrary is indicated, submitted work is to be done by students individually. Students are to collaborate on submitted work only when this is explicitly permitted by the instructor. In such a case, the names of all students who have collaborated on a piece of submitted work should be indicated on all submitted material. As in all academic endeavour, due credit must be given to all reference material. Students should consult the course instructor if they are not certain which outside material is appropriate for use in a course. The collaboration is to involve reasonable effort on the part of all students involved. In a situation where this is clearly not the case, appropriate action will be taken with regard to those students who have not fully contributed to the collaborative effort.
• In case fraud is detected, credit is withheld from the work affected. The students involved are reported to the department chair who may take additional disciplinary action commensurate with the severity of the fraud and the past records of the students.