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Advanced Embedded Course of Six

Months
VECTOR Institute offers 24-Week Advanced Course in Embedded
Systems. This course is designed to offer application oriented
training & real time exposure to students, there by provides for
bridging the gap between industrys requirements and students
academic skill set. By pursuing the Institute's Program in Embedded
Systems the students gain ready acceptance in the market.
VECTOR Institute's Advanced Course in Embedded systems serves
the interests of practicing embedded software engineers as well as
those engineers planning to enter the embedded field. The course
content of this Program is approved by the industry and it,
Presents practical lessons and techniques for use in designing,
implementing, integrating, and testing software for modern
embedded systems
Describes what an embedded system is, what makes them
different, and what embedded systems designers need to know to
develop embedded systems
Provides the student with a life cycle view for designing multiobjective, multi-discipline embedded systems
Imparts a solid understanding of the role of embedded systems
and embedded systems design and development in modern day's
technology-enabled society
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What the students gain through the course?

So, the students completing the Advanced Embedded Course will be
equipped with the needful technical skills concerning
Evaluating
Developing
Implementing
Integrating
Embedded systems, and will understand the role of embedded
systems in the context of complex engineering systems.
Our Embedded course aims at imparting technical skills to the
students right from the basics to advanced level, such that, by the
end of the Program the student is developed as the finished product,
ready to join the industry.
Duration :6 Months
Eligibility : B.E/B.Tech, M.Tech, M.sc (electronics branches)
Admission Through All India Entrance test conducted around 20
centers

ADVANCED COURSE IN EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

C
Why C in Embedded
ANSI Standard
Fundamentals of C
Datatypes and Constants
Simple & Formatted I/O
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Memory Usage
Operators & Expressions
Flow Control
Loops

Functions
Role of Functions
Pass by value / reference
Returning values from Functions
Recursive Functions
Call Back Functions
Implications on Stack
Library Vs User defined function
Passing variable number of arguments

Arrays
Defining, initializing and using arrays
Multi Dimensional Arrays
Arrays of Characters and Strings
Arrays and Pointers
Passing arrays to functions
String handling with and without library functions

Storage Classes
Scope and Life
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Automatic, Static, External, Register

Memory(CPU / RAM)

Structures & Unions

What structures are for
Declaration, initialization
Accessing like objects
Nested Structures
Array of Structures
Passing structures through functions
Allocation of memory and holes
Structure Comparison
Structure bit operation
Typedef for portability
Unions
Overlapping members

Enumerated data types

Enum, Indexing, enum Vs #define

Bit Operations
AND ( & ), OR ( | ), XOR ( ^ )
Compliment ( ~ )
Left-Shift ( << ), Right Shift ( >> )
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Masking, Setting, Clearing and Testing of Bit / Bits

Pointers
The purpose of pointers
Defining pointers
The & and * operators
Pointer Assignment
Pointer Arithmetic
Multiple indirections
Advanced pointer types
Generic and Null Pointer
Function Pointers
Pointers to Arrays and Strings
Array of Pointers
Pointers to Structure and Union
Pointers to Dynamic memory
Far, Near and Huge Pointers
Pointer Type Casting

Dynamic Memory Allocation

Malloc(), Calloc(), Realloc(), Free()
Farmalloc(), Farcalloc()

File Handling Concepts

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Concept of a FILE data type

Inode, FILE structure
File pointer
Character handling routines
Formatted Data Routines
Raw data Routines
Random Access to FILE

Command line Arguments

Argc, argv
Variable Inputs to the main
Compiler in Practical
Preprocessor Directives
Compiler, Assembler, Linker
Conditional Compilation
Multiple File Compilation
Code Optimization techniques
Volatile, #pragma
Data Structures
Linear & non-linear
Homogeneous & non-homogeneous
Static & Dynamic
Single, Double & Circular Linked Lists
Stacks & Queues
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Binary Trees
Sorting and Searching Techniques
Insertion, Selection, Bubble, Merge, Quick, Heap
Concepts and Real-time Exposure
Development Tools and Environment
Make Utility
MISRA Coding Standards
Object / Executable File Format
Debugger
Mini Project 1
Linux Internals

Introduction
Kernel Architecture
Application
Shell and Services
System Calls
Error Handling
Library
Linker and Loader
Static Dynamic Library

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Process Management
Process Control Block
Process Creation and Exit
Process Scheduling Policies
Process Limits
Process Priorities
Foreground & Background Processes
Race Condition
Synchronization
Copy-on-write
Process time values
Daemon Process
Interrupts
Process Interrupt
Raise of Signal
Catching signal
Signal action
File Management
Files and File Attributes
File Descriptor
File I/O
Duplicating File & File Descriptor
File Control operations
File types
Protection
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Inode
Inter Process Communication & Synchronization
Message Queue
Shared Memory
Client Server properties
Semaphore
Threads
Creation
Termination
Synchronization
Attributes
Memory Management
Paging
Reentrancy
Segmentation
Virtual Memory
Memory Protection
Memory Sharing
Shell Script
Types of Shell
Shell Variables
Control Statements
Looping
Command Line Arguments
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Mini Project 2
Networking and TCP/IP Applications
Network Structure
Classifications and Topologies
Switching and Routing
Gateway, repeater, Hub, Bridge
OSI & TCP/IP Protocol Layers
Physical & Logical Addresses
ARP & RARP
nternet Protocol
Routing Protocol and IP Datagrams
Error and Control Messages (ICMP) UDP
Transfer Control Protocol
TCP Networking Applications
(FTP, TFTP,TELNET,DNS,DHCP,SNTP,POP3,IMAP,SNMP)

Socket Programming
Overview
Concurrent Processing
Programming Interface
Socket Interface
Client / Server Design
Concurrent Connection-Oriented Servers
Socket Calls for TCP and UDP
Single Process
Concurrent Servers
Remote Procedure Call
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Implementation of TFTP / SMTP

Mini Project 3
Microcontroller Intel 8051
Introduction
Microprocessor vs Microcontroller
CISC vs RISC
Overview of Architecture of 8051
Processor Core and Functional Block Diagram
Description of memory organization
Overview of ALL SFRs and their basic functionality
Low-level Programming Concepts
Addressing Modes
Instruction Set and Assembly Language (ALP)
Developing, Building and Debugging ALPs
Middle Level Programming Concepts
Cross Compiler
Embedded C Implementation, prog. * Debugging
Differences from ASNSI-C
Memory Models
Library reference
Use of #pragma directive
Functions, Parameter passing and return types

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On-Chip Peripherals
Ports: Input/output
Timers & Counters
Interrupts, UART
External Interfaces
Switches (Momentary type, Toggle type)
Seven Segment Display: (Normal mode, BCD mode,
Internal Multiplexing & External Multiplexing)
LCD (4bit, 8bit, Busy Flag, Custom Character Generation)
Keypad Matrix
Protocols
I2C (EEPROM), SPI (EEPROM)
Keils RTX51 Tiny / Pumpkins Salvo
Overview
Specifications
Single-Tasking Programs
Multi-Tasking Programs
RTX51 Tiny Programs
Theory of Operation
Timer Tick Interrupt
Task Management & Scheduler Events
Round-Robin & Co-operative Task Switching
Idle Task
Stack Management
Function Reference
Porting on to H/W
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Implementation Examples
Selective Discussion during Project Development
A/D & D/A Converter
Stepper motor, DC Motor
I2C Protocol
(RTC:800583,DS1307 ADC:PCF8591, DS1621)
SPI Protocols
(ADC:MCP3001)
IR Communications (Phillips RC5 Protocol)
ZIGBEE, GSM, GPS, USB, MMC & SD
Ethernet MAC, CAN Protocol
Mini Project 4
Real Time Operating System
RTOS RT-LINUX
RT- Linux
Different types of Operating systems
RTOS basics Linux as Real Time
RTOS Introduction (Hard Real Time, Soft Real time)
Latency in Linux, Priority Inheritance
Linux 2.6 features for realtime
2.6 Kernel Compilation
RT LINUX patching
Linux RTPREEMPT Patches
Configuring the Kernel with RT-PATCH
Implemantation of Real Time application
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Linux real-time API

Measuring and camparing scheduling latency in standard Linux
and in RT-Linux with the latest RT patches
Porting RT-Linux on ARM and application development
Object Oriented Programming with C++
Overview
Characteristics
Function Overloading
Scope Resolution Operator
Classes in C++
Access Specifiers
Constructor, Destructor
Static members, Functions
Friend Classes, Friend Functions
Operator Overloading
Data Conversions
Inheritance, Polymorphism
Exception Handling, Templates
Input and Output Streams
Final Project
Optional Modules
Additional Modules (Will be dealt based on MNCs
Requirement)
Android
Linux Devices Drivers
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Embedded Linux
Windows Mobile

ASSIGNMENTS
During the course of the Program in Embedded Systems, the
students have to submit a number of assignments. These
assignments relate to the sessions dealt with in the classroom. The
faculty is entrusted with not only giving the relevant assignments to
the students, but also evaluating the assignments submitted by the
students, and giving the needful corrections, clarifications and
suggestions of the same.
Proper weight-age in terms of marks is given to these assignments.
Reinforcing what has been learnt in the classroom
Gauging the understanding of the student of a concept or
application
Providing enough room for creativity in implementation
Creating an avenue for getting more knowledge of the related
concepts
TESTS
VECTOR Institute conducts tests periodically, which are dependent
on the sessions attended and practicals completed by the students.
Tests are a part of the course process, and are of two types - written
and practical.
The written tests are held as per the time-table, and the practicals
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are conducted once the student had enough exposure to scripting

programs relating to Embedded Systems. The tests administered at
VECTOR Institute are of high standard, and basically meant to gauge
the students understanding of the embedded technology, and their
readiness to take up a job in the relevant field.

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