• Course Description
• Calendar
• Lab
• Logistics
• Projects
• Assignment List
• Midterms on October 3 and November 7, Project presentations Dec. 14
• Announcements
• Grading Policy

Action Items

• Drop date: Graduate students enrolled in C249A are asked to abide by the undergraduate drop date, typically in the fourth week of classes. If you remain enrolled after this date, you will be expected to complete the course.
• Lab Section: You must be enrolled in a lab section to take the course. The labs have an absolute upper bound on capacity, and if you cannot get into a lab section, you cannot take the course.
• Textbook: Introduction to Embedded Systems - A Cyber-Physical Systems Approach Links to an external site., Second Edition, by E. A. Lee and S. A. Seshia, MIT Press, 2017. The book is available in two forms: a PDF download and a paperback.
  

  PLEASE, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU USE A UNIVERSITY PRINTER TO PRINT THE PDF. If we catch anyone printing the text on a university printer, it will be treated as an abuse of campus resources. If you are considering printing it on your own printer, please keep the following in mind: Tom's hardware Links to an external site. estimates the cost per page of inkjet printing ranging from 3 to 30 cents per page. This means that the cost of printing a 500 page book ranges from a low of $15 to a high of $150. This makes a bound paperback very competitive...

Resources

• Fall 2014 Project Charters, Reports, Presentations and videos.
• Videos from edX MOOC version of this course, May 2014 Links to an external site. (requires a login with a free account)
• Video highlights from previous projects Links to an external site..
• Screen capture of Spring 2012 lectures Links to an external site. (first 2.5 minutes is blank for some reason).
• Screen capture of Spring 2011 lectures Links to an external site.
• Complete videos of project presentations from Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009, and Spring 2008.
• Other inspirational videos of projects from other research groups and courses:
  1. Projects Links to an external site. from another Embedded Systems Class Links to an external site. (Penn)
  2. Distributed light painting Links to an external site.
  3. Automotive systems Links to an external site. (Penn)
  4. Energy control in buildings Links to an external site. (Penn)
  5. Laser Harp Links to an external site. (http://www.midilaserharp.com Links to an external site.)