UFEHT15M

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UFEHT-15-M

• Overview of course 2006

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Overview of the course

• 2 Course tutors
• Tony Pipe (module leader) Craig Duffy
• Craig to take the first half
• W/b 02/10/06-23/10/06
• Last week will be a revision lecture
• Assignment and exam will be set by both tutors

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Craigs lecture list

• Lecture 1- 27/09/06
• Overview and aims
• Lecture 2 4/10/06
• High level languages and assembler
• Lecture 3 11/10/06
• Cross development.
• Lecture 4 18/10/06
• Cross development tools and tool selection

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Craigs lecture list

• Lecture 5 25/10/06
• Linux and real-time systems
• Lecture 6 13/12/06
• Review and revision lecture
• Practical sessions will be worksheet based
  porting the Linux kernel onto an ARM based SBC
  and developing applications for the board.

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Assignment Craigs part

• This will monitor the progress on porting Linux
  onto the ARM SBC. This will involve building
  x-tools, kernel, libraries and applications
• Tonys part will look at using the features of
  the Linux 2.6 kernel to implement some real-time
  embedded system.
• Some part of the assignment will involve looking
  into the real-time and embedded features of the
  Linux 2.6 kernel.

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Lectures and worksheets

• The lecture notes will available on Craigs web
  page
• The practical worksheets are available at his web
  page
• There is loads of information on the web about
  Linux, embedded systems and the ARM processors!