About this course: Introduction to Embedded Systems Software and Development Environments is the first course of the upcoming Embedded Software Essentials Specialization. This course is focused on giving you real world coding experience and hands on project work with ARM based Microcontrollers. You will learn how to implement software configuration management and develop embedded software applications. Course assignments include creating a build system using the GNU Toolchain GCC, using Git version control, and developing software in Linux on a Virtual Machine. The course concludes with a project where you will create your own build system and firmware that can manipulate memory. Later courses of the Specialization will use hardware tools to program and debug microcontrollers with bare-metal firmware. Using a Texas Instruments MSP432 Development Kit, you will configure a variety of peripherals, write numerous programs, and see your work execute on your own embedded platform!
Who is this class for: This course is for motivated learners who have some background in computer engineering and software design and who want to break into the field of embedded systems design.
Taught by: Alex Fosdick, Instructor
Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering
| Level | Intermediate |
| Commitment | 5-6 hours/week |
| Language | English |
| Hardware Req | This course doesn’t require any hardware. Check out FAQs for requirements in later courses. |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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- Video: 0. Introduction to the Course
- Video: 1. Introduction to the Module
- Video: 2. Introduction to Embedded Systems
- Video: 3. Embedded Software Engineering
- Video: 4. C-Programming Review
- Video: 5. Introduction to Software Configuration Management
- Video: 6. C Standardization and Team Coding Standards
- Video: 7. Development Environments Overview
- Video: 8. Development Kits and Documentation
- Video: 9. Version Control
- Video: 1. Introduction to Build Systems using GNU Toolsets
- Video: 2. Compiling and Invoking GCC
- Video: 3. Preprocessor Directives
- Video: 4. Creating Header and Implementation Files
- Video: 5. Linkers
- Video: 6. Make
- Video: 7. Makefiles Part 1
- Video: 8. Makefiles Part 2
- Video: 9. Other Useful GNU Bin Tools
- Video: 1. Introduction to Memory Organization
- Video: 2. Memory Architectures
- Video: 3. Memory Segments
- Video: 4. Data Memory
- Video: 5. Special Keywords (Const, Extern & Static)
- Video: 6. The Stack
- Video: 7. The Heap
- Video: 8. Code Memory
- 阅读: Programming Assignment Instructions
- 阅读: Programming Assignment Quiz Solution
- 阅读: Purchasing Hardware for Course 2
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Very good course !
this course did a great job to make me use GNU tool chain for making programs for microcontrollers , i used make tool which was very useful to know about , this helped me of better understanding of steps any project passes through to produce executable .
and it made me use git and github which was also good to use and learn ,and it has really important and basic information any embedded systems related job will require you know about .
The instructor is good, explains clearly and simply and looks friendly.
The subtitles in Lecture 4 from lesson 1 is not correct at all.
So far so good.
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Professor Fosdick is spot on when it comes to taking a highly technical topic such as embedded system software development and making it directly applicable to industry expectations. Embedded system engineers are in HIGH demand across the engineering and aerospace industry and taking this course has given me a competitive edge against my peers graduating from the same Electrical and Computer Engineering program.
I am a graduating senior in Electrical and Computer Engineering and used this course to prepare for interviews with Lockheed Martin's Space Systems as well as NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Thanks to this course, I was able to answer embedded system targeted questions in the technical interviews and received either immediate offers or was selected for the next round of interviews. The material taught in this course was applicable not only to positions explicitly titled "Embedded Systems Engineer" but also placed me above other candidates pursuing the role of Software Developer and Software Engineer.
I would highly recommend both undergraduates and graduate students take this course before diving into industry as the knowledge gained will give you a remarkably better chance at showing recruiters your intellectual and technical capacity related both to hardware and software.