ECEN 5033: Real-Time Digital Media and Control Systems

Description

Students will design and build a Linux-based real-time system application for robotics, computer vision, or digital media encode/decode and transport. The course focus is on the process as well as fundamentals of designing, coding, and testing a Linux-based real-time system on an x86 or Cell Broadband Engine platform. Students will complete labs on a Linux platform using POSIX kernel-mapped threads and drivers to implement real-time digital media and control applications.

Topics include: Real-time threading, synchronization, hardware acceleration and function offload, real-time theory, and debug/analysis methods for real-time systems in Linux; Linux drivers, kernel interfaces, and Linux real-time application implementation strategies; basic robotics, computer vision, MPEG2 digital video parser/generators, SDTV/HDTV broadband/baseband transport, open source digital video tools, real-time RTP/UDP transport, and transport stream analysis and standards. Students configure and extend Linux drivers for digital video, computer vision, and robotic control systems in project and lab work.

Upon completion of the course, the student will have a good working knowledge of the full real-time embedded Linux system lifecycle including: analysis, design, programming, hardware integration, unit testing, and system testing for IPTV, digital cable, and robotics/computer-vision systems for embedded Linux.

Prerequisites

Operating Systems - (CS 3753, 5573 or 5473) or good familiarity with Linux OS
Software Engineering coursework (ECEN 4033 or 5543, ECEN 4053 or 5053)
Real-Time Embedded Systems - ECEN 4623/5623

Education Officer (EO)

Required

Hardware & Software

Labs will be held in ECEE 2B37 with an option to set up a home Linux lab and to remotely access ECEE 2B37 Linux systems. Please note that distance students will be able to complete the digital video project but not the robotics.

Syllabus

http://ecee.colorado.edu/~ecen5033/

Sample Lectures and YouTube Vignettes

Lecture Title	Semester	Year	Type
Mon, Jan 26, 06 15 PM	Spring	2009	Lecture
Mon, Jan 12, 05 56 PM Lec. 1	Spring	2009	Lecture

Upcoming & Previous Offerings

Meeting Days Legend: Monday (M), Tuesday (T), Wednesday (W), Thursday (R), Friday (F), Saturday (S), Sunday (U)
Summer Terms: M = Maymester, A = 1st 5 weeks, B= 2nd 5 weeks, C = 8 weeks, D= 10 weeks
Refer to the Academic Calendar for specific dates.

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Semester	Term	Time	Days	Location	Instructor	Additional Instructors
Spring 2010		06:30 PM - 09:00 PM	M	ECCS 1B28	Siewert, S
Spring 2009		06:00 PM - 08:30 PM	M	ECCS 1B12	Siewert, S
Spring 2008		04:00 PM - 06:50 PM	M	ECEE 1B28	Siewert, S

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