UFEHT-15-M Overview of course 2006

Overview of the course 2 Course tutors Craig to take the first half Tony Pipe (module leader) & Craig Duffy Craig to take the first half W/b 02/10/06-23/10/06 Last week will be a revision lecture Assignment and exam will be set by both tutors

Craig’s lecture list Lecture 1- 27/09/06 Lecture 2 – 4/10/06 Overview and aims Lecture 2 – 4/10/06 High level languages and assembler Lecture 3 – 11/10/06 Cross development. Lecture 4 – 18/10/06 Cross development tools and tool selection

Craig’s lecture list Lecture 5 25/10/06 Lecture 6 13/12/06 Linux and real-time systems Lecture 6 13/12/06 Review and revision lecture Practical sessions will be worksheet based porting the Linux kernel onto an ARM based SBC and developing applications for the board.

Assignment Craig’s part This will monitor the progress on porting Linux onto the ARM SBC. This will involve building x-tools, kernel, libraries and applications Tony’s part will look at using the features of the Linux 2.6 kernel to implement some real-time embedded system. Some part of the assignment will involve looking into the real-time and embedded features of the Linux 2.6 kernel.

Lectures and worksheets The lecture notes will available on Craig’s web page The practical worksheets are available at his web page There is loads of information on the web about Linux, embedded systems and the ARM processors!