Undergraduate Course: System Level Integration Practical (INFR10042)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Informatics |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Informatics |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/slip |
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| Course description |
The objective of this module is the design, analysis and implementation of embedded systems. Students will experience hands-on all aspects of system design - from abstract system specification to its realisation on a programmable integration platform. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
Successful completion of Year 3 of an Informatics Single or Combined Honours Degree, or equivalent by permission of the School.
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Laboratory | | 1-11 | | | 10:00 - 12:00 | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Wednesday, 10:00 - 10:50, Zone: Central. Room 3.09, Appleton Tower |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1 - An understanding of the practical issues involved in the specification, design and implementation of complex embedded systems through hands-on experience
2 - Experience of working as a team, involving members with complimentary skill sets, leading to the development of skills such as project management, requirements capture and negotiations with team members
3 - An appreciation of the intimate interaction between the software and the hardware when optimising metrics such as memory footprint, speed and power consumption
4 - Experience in using tools such as compilers for embedded systems, system-level simulators and web-authoring tools for the final report. |
Assessment Information
Written Examination 0
Assessed Assignments 100
Oral Presentations 0
Assessment
Five students are assigned to a team by the lecturer, which meets once a week to co-ordinate and plan the activities for the week. Each team is given an Integration Platform, wireless protocol IP and other peripherals, and, programming, debugging and simulation environments. Prompted by the lecturer, the team intially defines the requirements for the embedded system and partitions the tasks among its members, with deliverables and time lines. The meetings are minuted and decisions recorded on the team web page. The practical work is delivered as a web-based report which accounts for the entire course mark and each team member is assessed solely on the work assigned to them. |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Amos Storkey
Tel: (0131 6)51 1208
Email: A.Storkey@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Kate Weston
Tel: (0131 6)50 2701
Email: Kate.Weston@ed.ac.uk |
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