Review of Embedded Hardware: Gates - Timing Diagram - Memory – microprocessors. Interrupts Microprocessor Architecture - Interrupt Basics - Shared Data Problem - Interrupt latency. Software Development: Round-Robin, Round robin with Interrupts, function-Queue- Scheduling Architecture, Algorithms. Introduction to - Assembler - Compiler - Cross Compilers and Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Object-Oriented Interfacing, Recursion, Debugging strategies, Simulators. Embedded Microcomputer Systems - Motorola MC68H11: Motorola MC68H11 Family Architecture, Interfacing methods. Microchip PIC Microcontroller: Introduction, CPU Architecture - Registers - Instruction sets addressing modes - Loop timing - Timers - Interrupts, Interrupt timing, I/O Expansion, I2C Bus Operation Serial EEPROM, Analog to Digital converter, UART - Baud Rate - Data Handling - Initialization, Special Features - Serial Programming - Parallel Slave Port.

Real-Time Operating Systems: Task and Task States, Tasks and data, Semaphores and shared Data Operating system Services - Message queues - Timer function - Events - Memory Management, Interrupt Routines in an RTOS environment, Basic design using RTOS.