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Venkatesan

Embedded Developer

5+ Years of Experience

BASIC INFORMATION

  • Lessons : 9
  • Length : 1 Year
  • Level : Basic
  • Category : Hardware Training
  • Started : 04-04-2019
  • Shift : 02
  • Class : 120

Embedded System Training and Course Description

Inetz offers 24-Week Advanced Course in Embedded Systems. This course is designed to offer application oriented training & real time exposure to students, there by provides for bridging the gap between industry’s requirements and students’ academic skill set. By pursuing the Institute’s Program in Embedded Systems the students gain ready acceptance in the market.

Inetz’s Advanced Course in Embedded systems serves the interests of practicing embedded software engineers as well as those engineers planning to enter the embedded field. The course content of this Program is approved by the industry.

Embedded System Training and Course Syllabus

Level 1: Practical C

  • Why C in Embedded
  • ANSI Standard
  • Fundamentals of C
  • Datatypes and Constants
  • Simple & Formatted I/O
  • Memory Usage
  • Operators & Expressions
  • Flow Control
  • Loops

Functions

  • Role of Functions
  • Pass by value / reference
  • Returning values from Functions
  • Recursive Functions
  • Call Back Functions
  • Implications on Stack
  • Library Vs User defined function
  • Passing variable number of arguments

Arrays

  • Defining, initializing and using arrays
  • Multi Dimensional Arrays
  • Arrays of Characters and Strings
  • Arrays and Pointers
  • Passing arrays to functions
  • String handling with and without library functions

Storage Classes

  • Scope and Life
  • Automatic, Static, External, Register
  • Memory(CPU / RAM)

Structures & Unions

  • What structures are for
  • Declaration, initialization
  • Accessing like objects
  • Nested Structures
  • Array of Structures
  • Passing structures through functions
  • Allocation of memory and holes
  • Structure Comparison
  • Structure bit operation
  • Typedef for portability
  • Unions
  • Overlapping members

Enumerated data types

  • Enum, Indexing, enum Vs #define

Bit Operations

  • AND ( & ), OR ( | ), XOR ( ^ )
  • Compliment ( ~ )
  • Left-Shift ( << ), Right Shift ( >> )
  • Masking, Setting, Clearing and Testing of Bit / Bits

Pointers

  • The purpose of pointers
  • Defining pointers
  • The & and * operators
  • Pointer Assignment
  • Pointer Arithmetic
  • Multiple indirections
  • Advanced pointer types
  • Generic and Null Pointer
  • Function Pointers
  • Pointers to Arrays and Strings
  • Array of Pointers
  • Pointers to Structure and Union
  • Pointers to Dynamic memory
  • Far, Near and Huge Pointers
  • Pointer Type Casting

Dynamic Memory Allocation

  • Malloc(), Calloc(), Realloc(), Free()
  • Farmalloc(), Farcalloc()

File Handling Concepts

  • Concept of a FILE data type
  • Inode, FILE structure
  • File pointer
  • Character handling routines
  • Formatted Data Routines
  • Raw data Routines
  • Random Access to FILE

Command line Arguments

  • Argc, argv
  • Variable Inputs to the main
Compiler in Practical
  • Preprocessor Directives
  • Compiler, Assembler, Linker
  • Conditional Compilation
  • Multiple File Compilation
  • Code Optimization techniques
  • Volatile, #pragma
Data Structures
  • Linear & non-linear
  • Homogeneous & non-homogeneous
  • Static & Dynamic
  • Single, Double & Circular Linked Lists
  • Stacks & Queues
  • Binary Trees
Sorting and Searching Techniques
  • Insertion, Selection, Bubble, Merge, Quick, Heap

Concepts and Real-time Exposure

  • Development Tools and Environment
  • Make Utility
  • Industry Coding Standards
  • Object / Executable File Format
  • Debugger
Introduction
  • Kernel Architecture
  • Application
  • Shell and Services
  • System Calls
  • Error Handling
Library
  • Linker and Loader
  • Static Dynamic Library
Process Management
  • Process Control Block
  • Process Creation and Exit
  • Process Scheduling Policies
  • Process Limits
  • Process Priorities
  • Foreground & Background Processes
  • Race Condition
  • Synchronization
  • Copy-on-write
  • Process time values
  • Daemon Process
Interrupts
  • Process Interrupt
  • Raise of Signal
  • Catching signal
  • Signal action
File Management
  • Files and File Attributes
  • File Descriptor
  • File I/O
  • Duplicating File & File Descriptor
  • File Control operations
  • File types
  • Protection
  • Inode
Inter Process Communication & Synchronization
  • Pipe
  • Fifo
  • Message Queue
  • Shared Memory
  • Client – Server properties
  • Semaphore
Threads
  • Creation
  • Termination
  • Synchronization
  • Attributes
Memory Management
  • Paging
  • Reentrancy
  • Segmentation
  • Virtual Memory
  • Memory Protection
  • Memory Sharing
Shell Script
  • Types of Shell
  • Shell Variables
  • Control Statements
  • Looping
  • Command Line Arguments
  • Network Structure
  • Classifications and Topologies
  • Switching and Routing
  • Gateway, repeater, Hub, Bridge
  • OSI & TCP/IP Protocol Layers
  • Physical & Logical Addresses
  • ARP & RARP
  • Internet Protocol
  • Routing Protocol and IP Datagrams
  • Error and Control Messages (ICMP) UDP
  • Transfer Control Protocol
  • TCP Networking Applications
  • (FTP, TFTP,TELNET,DNS,DHCP,SNTP,POP3,IMAP,SNMP)
Socket Programming
  • Overview
  • Concurrent Processing
  • Programming Interface
  • Socket Interface
  • Client / Server Design
  • Concurrent Connection-Oriented Servers
  • Socket Calls for TCP and UDP
  • Single Process
  • Concurrent Servers
  • Remote Procedure Call
  • Implementation of TFTP / SMTP
Introduction
  • Microprocessor vs Microcontroller
  • CISC vs RISC
Overview of Architecture of 8051
  • Processor Core and Functional Block Diagram
  • Description of memory organization
  • Overview of ALL SFR’s and their basic functionality
Low-level Programming Concepts
  • Addressing Modes
  • Instruction Set and Assembly Language (ALP)
  • Developing, Building and Debugging ALP’s
Middle Level Programming Concepts
  • Cross Compiler
  • Embedded C Implementation, prog. * Debugging
  • Differences from ASNSI-C
  • Memory Models
  • Library reference
  • Use of #pragma directive
  • Functions, Parameter passing and return types
On-Chip Peripherals
  • Ports: Input/output
  • Timers & Counters
  • Interrupts, UART
External Interfaces
  • LEDS
  • Switches (Momentary type, Toggle type)
  • Seven Segment Display: (Normal mode, BCD mode,
  • Internal Multiplexing & External Multiplexing)
  • LCD (4bit, 8bit, Busy Flag, Custom Character Generation)
  • Keypad Matrix
Protocols
  • I2C (EEPROM), SPI (EEPROM)
Keil’s RTX51 Tiny / Pumpkin’s Salvo
  • Overview
  • Specifications
  • Single-Tasking Programs
  • Multi-Tasking Programs
  • RTX51 Tiny Programs
  • Theory of Operation
  • Timer Tick Interrupt
  • Task Management & Scheduler Events
  • Round-Robin & Co-operative Task Switching
  • Idle Task
  • Stack Management
  • Function Reference
  • Porting on to H/W
  • Implementation Examples
Selective Discussion during Project Development
  • A/D & D/A Converter
  • Stepper motor, DC Motor
  • I2C Protocol (RTC:800583,DS1307 ADC:PCF8591, DS1621)
  • SPI Protocols (ADC:MCP3001)
  • IR Communications (Phillips RC5 Protocol)
  • ZIGBEE, GSM, GPS, USB, MMC & SD
  • Ethernet MAC, CAN Protocol
RTOS RT-LINUX
  • RT- Linux
  • Different types of Operating systems
  • RTOS basics – Linux as Real Time
  • RTOS Introduction (Hard Real Time, Soft Real time)
  • Latency in Linux, Priority Inheritance
  • Linux 2.6 features for realtime
  • 2.6 Kernel Compilation
  • RT LINUX patching
  • Linux RTPREEMPT Patches
  • Configuring the Kernel with RT-PATCH
  • Implemantation of Real Time application
  • Linux real-time API
  • Measuring and camparing scheduling latency in standard Linux and in RT-Linux with the latest RT patches
  • Porting RT-Linux on ARM and application development
  • Overview
  • Characteristics
  • Function Overloading
  • Scope Resolution Operator
  • Classes in C++
  • Access Specifiers
  • Constructor, Destructor
  • Static members, Functions
  • Friend Classes, Friend Functions
  • Operator Overloading
  • Data Conversions
  • Inheritance, Polymorphism
  • Exception Handling, Templates
  • Input and Output Streams
  • Introduction
  • Core Features
  • Version History
  • Data Flow Model
  • Registers
  • CPU Modes
  • Memory Organization
  • Interrupts
  • Pipelining
  • ARM Assembly Language Programming
  • Addressing Modes
  • ARM 7 Instruction Set (20/80% -rule of assembly language)
  • Usage of Keil IDE
  • Demonstrating ARM ISA
  • Demonstrating THUMB ISA
  • ARM Embedded C language Implementation
  • Exposure to an ARM7 CPU Core Based Microcontroller
  • LPC2114-ARM7 Based Microcontroller from Philips Semiconductors
  • On-Chip System Peripherals
  • Bus Structure (AMBA)
  • Memory Map
  • Phase Locked Loop
  • VPB Driver
  • Pin Connect Block
  • On-ChipUser Peripherals
  • General Purpose I/0 : Demo using switch & LED
  • Vectored Interrupt Controller (VIC)
  • External Interrupts : Demos
Introduction to the “Internet of Things”
Introduction to Raspberry Pi
  • Tools : Win32ImageWrite & SDFormatter
  • Loading Raspbian OS image on SD CARD
  • Demo programs using C
  • Backing Up Updated SD CARD & OS image
  • Installing Wiring Pi package
  • Controlling the Raspberry Pi 2 GPIO by command line
Networking with Pi
  • Client – Server programming for Automating Device / sniffing Device State
IoT -Cloud
  • Installing and configuring PubNub SDK for C language
  • Creating credentials with PubNub Cloud Server
  • End to End IoT program demonstrations
  • Android
  • iPhone
  • Linux Devices Drivers
  • Embedded Linux
  • Windows Mobile
  • Perl
  • Python