1/10/07 

• Discussed presentations
• Use this PowerPoint template for all presentations.

1/17/07

• Read this paper by Sonia Thakur and be prepared to discuss.
• Read this paper by Chai Misal and be prepared to discuss.
• Here is the presentation

1/22/07

• Read this paper by Brian Newberry and be prepared to discuss.
• Read this paper by Venkat Dronamraju and be prepared to discuss.
• Here is the presentation

1/24/07

• Read the Wikipedia entry on Dynamics and Motion
• Here is the presentation

1/29/07

• Lab Day

1/31/07

• Embedded.com:  Football helmets go embedded
• Analog Devices ADXL311 Data Sheet (Accelerometer)
• Here is a Project Report from someone who used the device
• Sample Code
• Here is the presentation

2/5/07

• Capabilities and Requirements Document
• Here is the presentation

2/7/07

• Lab Day

2/12/07 - Project Management in Embedded Systems Development

• Project Management ( Presentation)
• Capability and Requirements document (for Embedded Systems)
• Capability and Requirements document (for Embedded Systems) - short form
• Work Breakdown Structure spreadsheet
• Project Plan example

2/14/07 - Risk Management in Embedded Systems Development

• Presentation - see 2/12/07
• Risk spreadsheet

2/19/07

• TBD

2/21/07 - Exam 1!!!  Helpful files are found below:

• Capability and Requirements document (for Embedded Systems) - short form
• Work Breakdown Structure spreadsheet
• Risk spreadsheet

2/26/07

• Robustness notes

2/28/07 - Performance Measurement/Characterization (There WILL be a quiz on this material)

• Read this proposed lab exercise on performance measuring
• Read this description of the attached code
• Read this code:  profile.c, profile.h

3/5/07 & 3/7/07 - Spring Break

3/12/07 - Lab Day

3/14/07 - Dr. Sass visit

• Read this paper

3/19/07 - Acroname SRF-04 Sonar sensor

• Here is the technical info for the device.  Pay attention to this when you solder!

3/21/07 - Performance

• Floating point notes
• Floating point to Integer "performance" notes

3/26/07 - RFID -Tanmay Agnihotri

• Read the Wikipedia entry on RFID
• Read the paper:  Circuit Cellar:  The One Dollar Wireless Interface
• Read the article on using RFID software
• Presentation

3/28/07 - 802.15.4/Zigbee - Shikha Tikku

• Embedded Systems Magazine Article
•   IEE Review Paper
•   ZigBee Wireless Standard
• Presentation

4/2/07 - Stepper/Servo/DC motors - Srinivas Ardha

• Stepper motor wiki
• Servo motor wiki
• DC Motor wiki
• Presentation

4/4/07 - uC/OS - Nayana Rao

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroC/OS-II
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_operating_system
• http://www.ucos-ii.com/
• Presentation

4/9/07 - CAN - Bipin Suryadevara

• http://www.can-cia.org/can/
• http://hem.bredband.net/stafni/developer/frames.htm
• CAN Introduction
• Presentation

4/11/07 - Exam 2

4/16/07 - MSP430 - Aditya Pathak

• http://msp430.techcontent.net/whymsp.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI_MSP430
• Presentation

4/18/07 - SoutheastCon Robot - Santosh Ramani

• Contest Rules
• Motor driver (H bridge)
• White-line sensor
• BCD to 7 segment decoder (used for display)
• Presentation

4/23/07 - Thermocouples/Thermisters/RTDs - Karunakar Gujja

• Thermocouples
• Embedded Systems Magazine Article - RTD's and Thermistors
• Presentation

4/25/07 - GPS - Kiran Somashekar

• Wiki page on GPS
• Instructional page on GPS
• GPS paper
• Presentation

4/30/07 - BlueTooth - Arvind Sripada (Last day of class)

• Wiki page on Bluetooth
• "What is Bluetooth", IEEE Potentials
• "Application development for Bluetooth embedded systems", Conference Paper
• Presentation

5/7/07 - Final Exam - Extra Lab