Course Description

M.E. Embedded Systems

Core Courses:
EEE G512 Embedded System Design

[3 1 4]

Introduction to embedded systems; embedded architectures: Architectures and programming of

microcontrollers and DSPs. Embedded applications and technologies; power issues in system design;
introduction to software and hardware co-design.
BITS G553 Real Time Systems

[5]

Real time software, Real time operating systems scheduling, virtual memory issues and file systems,
real time data bases, fault tolerance and exception handling techniques, reliability evaluation, data
structures and algorithms for real time/embedded systems, programming languages, compilers and run
time environment for real time/embedded systems, real time system design, real time communication
and security, real time constraints and multi processing and distributed systems.
CS G523 Software for Embedded Systems

[3 2 5]

Real-time and embedded systems; software issues in embedded system; software development
process; requirement analysis: use cases, identification and analysis of use cases, use case diagrams;
design: architectural design, design patterns and detailed design; implementation: languages,
compilers, runtime environments and operating systems for embedded software; testing:
methodologies, test cases. The course will also consist of laboratory practices and development of
software for embedded systems.
EEE G626 Hardware Software Co-Design

[4]

FPGA and ASIC based design, Low-Power Techniques in RT Embedded Systems On-chip
networking. Hardware Software partitioning and scheduling, Co-simulation, synthesis and
verifications, Architecture mapping, HW-SW Interfaces and Re-configurable computing.
MEL G642 VLSI Architectures

[2 2 4]

Overview of CISC processor architectures; Instruction set architecture of CISC processor; hardware
flow-charting methods; implementing microprocessor logic from hard-ware flowcharts; RISC
instruction set architecture; Pipelined execution of RISC instructions; pipeline execution unit design;
control hazards; design of memory hierarchy.
BITS G540 Research Practice

[4]

This course is designed to train the students towards acquiring competence in research methodologies.
The course will be conducted in terms of actual participation in Research and Development Work.
Each student will be assigned to a faculty member to work on specified projects. The student will be
required to present a number of seminars in his research area in a structured manner.

Electives:
CS G541 Pervasive Computing

[4]

Select application architectures; hardware aspects; human-machine interfacing; device technology:

hardware, operating system issues; software aspects, java; device connectivity issues and protocols;
security issues; device management issues and mechanisms; role of web; wap devices and
architectures; voice-enabling techniques; PDAs and their operating systems; web application
architectures; architectural issues and choices; smart card-based authentication mechanisms;
applications; issues and mechanisms in WAP-enabling; access architectures; wearable computing
architectures.
CS G553 Reconfigurable Computing

[5]

Overview of Programmable Logics. FPGA fabric architectures. Logic Elements and Switch
Networks. Design and Synthesis of Combinational and Sequential Elements. Placement and Routing.
Pipelining and other Design Methodologies. Fine-grained and Coarse-Grained FPGAs. Static and
Dynamic Reconfiguration. Partitioning. Hardware/Software Portioning and Partial Evaluation.
Systolic Architectures.
EA C415 Introduction to MEMS

[4*]

Overview, history and industry perspective; working principles; mechanics and dynamics,
thermofluid engineering; scaling law; microactuators, microsensors and microelectromechanical
systems; microsystem design, modeling and simulation; materials; packaging; microfabrication: bulk,
surface, LIGA etc; micromanufacturing; microfludidics; microrobotics; case studies.
EEE C434 Digital Signal Processing

[3]

Introduction; design of analog filters; design of digital filters: (IIR and FIR); structures for the
realization of digital filters; random signals and random processes; linear estimation and prediction;
Wiener filters; DSP processor architecture; DSP algorithms for different applications.
EEE G613 Advanced Digital Signal Processing

[5]

Review of stochastic processes, models and model classification, the identification problem, some
field of applications, classical methods of identification of impulse response and transfer function
models, model learning techniques, linear least square estimator, minimum variance algorithm,
stochastic approximation method and maximum likelihood method, simultaneous state and parameter
estimation of extended kalman-filter, non-linear identification, quasi linearization, numerical
identification methods.
EEE G627 Network Embedded Applications

[4]

This course deals with the three main application areas of Network Embedded Systems Wireless
Sensor Networks, Automotive Networks, and Industrial Networks Network Architecture,
Deployment Issues, Network Protocol stack: Modular and Cross Layer Design. Network Node:
Architectures, operating System and Applications. Middleware Issues and Design. Security and
Encryption

MEL G621 VLSI Design

[3 2 5]

Introduction to NMOS and CMOS circuits; NMOS and CMOS processing technology; CMOS
circuits and logic design; circuit characterization and performance estimation; structured design and
testing; symbolic layout systems; CMOS subsystem design; system case studies.
MEL G623 Advanced VLSI Design

[5]

Deep submicron device behavior and models, Interconnect modeling for parasitic estimation, Clock
signals and system timing--Digital phase locked loop design, memory and array structures,
Input/output circuits design, ASIC technology, FPGA technology, High speed arithmetic circuits
design,-Parallel prefix computation, Logical effort in circuit design, Low power VLSI circuitsAdiabatic logic circuits, Multi threshold circuits, Digital BICMOS circuits, Design of VLSI systems.
MEL G624 Advanced VLSI Architectures

[5]

Instruction set design and architecture of programmable DSP architectures; dedicated DSP
architectures for filters and FFTs; DSP transformation and their use in DSP architecture design;
Application Specific Instruction set Processor; superscalar and VLIW architectures.
MSE G511 Mechatronics

[3 2 5]

Concepts of measurement of electrical and nonelectrical parameters; displacement, force, pressure etc.
and related signal conditioning techniques, drives and actuators, concepts of
microprocessors/microcontrollers architecture and programming, memory and I/O interfacing. System
design concepts through case studies.