BME 2310 - Embedded Systems for Biomedical Engineers

• Describe the general sub-systems and operation of embedded controllers
• Describe biomedical applications of embedded systems
• Describe the purpose of integrated development environments
• Develop code in C using basic data manipulation, data input and output, branching constructs, loops, and functions
• 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
• Demonstrate understanding of the fundamentals of embedded-based AI models, their strengths and limitations
• Deploy pre-trained AI models on embedded platforms to process biomedical signals
• Integrate AI-enabled embedded systems with biomedical sensors
• Critically evaluate the performance of embedded-based AI models

• Procedural computer programming

• General sub-systems and operation of embedded controllers
• Survey of biomedical applications of embedded systems
• Procedural programming fundamentals in C
• 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

• 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