BME 2310 - Embedded Systems for Biomedical Engineers

2 lecture hours 2 lab hours 3 credits

Course Description
This course introduces students to embedded systems, embedded programming concepts, and basic electronics interfacing. Course topics include microcontroller architecture, subsystems, and embedded systems terminology. The course includes limited coverage of electrical interfacing of embedded systems to external digital and analog electronics. An integrated high-level programming environment is used. Students complete a course project that emphasizes the interaction between the hardware and software components of a practical embedded system.
Prereq: CSC 1310 (quarter system prereq: none)
Note: None
This course meets the following Raider Core CLO Requirement: Integrate Learning

Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Describe the general sub-systems and operation of embedded controllers
Describe biomedical applications of embedded systems
Describe the purpose of integrated development environments
Describe and effectively use data types in a modern, high-level computing environment
Describe and effectively use control constructions in a modern, high-level computing environment
Describe and effectively use digital inputs and outputs, PWM outputs, and analog inputs and outputs in a high-level computing environment running on modern embedded system hardware
Describe and effectively use user defined functions or blocks in a modern, high-level computer programming environment
Design, create, and document relatively simple embedded programs
Describe operating systems at a high level of abstraction, comparing two or more common operating systems

Prerequisites by Topic

Procedural computer programming

Course Topics

General sub-systems and operation of embedded controllers
Survey of biomedical applications of embedded systems
Integrated development environments for embedded programming
Designing, implementing, and documenting relatively simple embedded programs
Digital inputs and outputs, PWM outputs, and analog inputs and outputs in a modern, high-level computer programming environment running on modern embedded system hardware
User defined functions or blocks in a modern, high-level computer programming environment
Using provided classes and libraries in a high-level computer programming environment running on a modern embedded operating system
Introduction to operating system abstractions
Introduction to Unix and comparison of operating systems

Laboratory Topics

Introduction to IDE, embedded hardware platform and programming
Digital and PWM outputs, digital inputs, and analog inputs and outputs
Displays and user interfaces
Interfacing with MATLAB (serial communications)
Programming with functions
Programming with arrays (including strings)
Programming using hardware interrupts
Introduction to basic Unix commands and utilities

Coordinator
Dr. Charles Tritt

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