Program Overview

Introduction to Embedded Systems Software and Development Environments

About This Course

Introduction to Embedded Systems Software and Development Environments is the first course of the upcoming Embedded Software Essentials Specialization. This course is focused on giving you real-world coding experience and hands-on project work with ARM-based Microcontrollers. You will learn how to implement software configuration management and develop embedded software applications.

Course Details

• Language: English
• How to Pass: Pass all graded assignments to complete the course.
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• Level: Intermediate
• Commitment: 5-6 hours/week

Target Audience

This course is for motivated learners who have some background in computer engineering and software design and who want to break into the field of embedded systems design.

Instructors

Alex Fosdick

Instructor, Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering. Alex Fosdick is a well-loved and favorite instructor of many students in the University of Colorado Boulder's Electrical, Computing, and Energy Engineering Program. CU Boulder's ECEE department is nationally recognized for both teaching and research, and has educated thousands of successful engineers now working around the world. Alex brings to this course nearly a decade of experience working in the industry, writing software for Embedded Systems, Systems-on-a-Chip, and Flash Storage technology.

Course Content

The course includes creating a build system using the GNU Toolchain GCC, using Git version control, and developing software in Linux on a Virtual Machine. The course concludes with a project where you will create your own build system and firmware that can manipulate memory. Later courses of the Specialization will use hardware tools to program and debug microcontrollers with bare-metal firmware. Using a Texas Instruments MSP432 Development Kit, you will configure a variety of peripherals, write numerous programs, and see your work execute on your own embedded platform.