Long name	Fundamentals in System Programming
Approving CModule	GSP_BaTIN
Responsible	Prof. Dr. Lothar Thieling Professor Fakultät IME
Level	Bachelor
Semester in the year	summer semester
Duration	Semester
Hours in self-study	60
ECTS	5
Professors	Prof. Dr. Lothar Thieling Professor Fakultät IME
Requirements	basic skills in procedural programming structure and mode of operation of a simple computer basics in digital systems finite state machines and state transition diagrams
Language	German
Separate final exam	Yes

basics of C-programming
constants, variable,s data types
expressions, statements, control structures
preprocessor expressions
pointers and pointer arithmetic
array, structures
funtions
standard libraries
multi-file programs with access to libraries
software development tools
compiler
linker
debugger
simulator

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hardware-related I/O programming in C
functioning of digital ports
access to digital ports
memory-mapped I/O
isolated I/O
access to I/O ports using pointers
access to I/O ports using driver libraries
implementation of driver libraries in C
bit-wise I/O and analysis of data using C

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programming applications for measurement and control in C
implementation of finite state machines in C (mealy and moore)
optimization of cyclic queries on I/O-data

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real-time operating system
requirements and comparison to "normal" operating systems
cooperative and preemtive multitasking
priority and states of a task
mutex, semaphores
event-driven multitasking
intertask communication via queues
deadlocks and race conditions

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I/O interfaces of a computer system and its use by means of C
digital ports
timer/counter (pulse width modulation, cyclic interrupt generation)
analog-to-digital converter
serial port
using the I/O interfaces from C

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interrupts
interrupt sources and types (external, internal, hardware, software)
interrupt management
interupt vector table
interrupt service routine
time sequence of the interrupt handling
mechanisms for handling concurrent interrupts
prioritization
interruption
problem specific use of these mechanisms
use of interrupt driven I/O interfaces in C

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C runtime system
subroutine call in assembler
stack and assembler instructions for stack manipulation
program state backup and recovery using stack
passing parameters to C-function using stack
managing local variables using stack
dynamic behavior of the stack
interpretation of the stack contents using a debugger

explain the operation of a mikrocontroller-system (hardware and real-time operating system)

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interpretation of detailed technical specifications of the I/O interfaces, so that meaningful configurations can be created

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implementation of C driver libraries for various I/O interfaces including the interrupt support

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specifying system behavior (derived from text documents)

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development of problem solutions for measurement and control, which can be realized in C

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describe and analyze the C runtime system

Type	Attendance (h/Wk.)
Lecture	2
Exercises (whole course)	1
Exercises (shared course)	1
Tutorial (voluntary)	0

none

refer to "Vorlesung/Übung->Lernziele->Fertigkeiten"

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targeted use of the software development environment

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manage complex tasks as a small team

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development of problem solutions for measurement and control, which can be realized in C using mikrocontroller and real-time operating systems

Type	Attendance (h/Wk.)
Practical training	1
Tutorial (voluntary)	0

none