Course Syllabus

The main content of the course is practical experience in working with input and output signals on real world systems. In the course embedded systems will be used where the control unit will be a platform such as the Raspberry Pi. The course will highlight aspects from several of the core courses in the program such as control, estimation and sensor data processing. The course will in this way give the students an overview and better understanding for how content from different courses fit together and the difficulties that comes with turning theory into practice. Furthermore, the student will be able to identify strengths and weaknesses within the subject areas to be used when planning for how to acquire more knowledge where needed.

Intended learning outcomes

After completing the course, the students should:

• have experience from working with embedded systems close to the hardware
• have reflected on her/his own knowledge and learning in a system perspective and have planned for what new knowledge to acquire and how

Further goals of the course are to

• consitute a meeting place for students within the program Systems, Control and Robotics to strengthen their network and create a forum for collaboration
• create a context within which the students can practice programming

Examination and Grading

The grading is Pass/Fail. To pass the course you must

• participate actively in the workshops
• solve the task associated with the workshops
• come up a project idea advancing your knowledge and producing a demonstrator for it
• demonstrate your project for teachers and other students.

Disposition

The course run in the form of pratical laborations as well as a small project where the students work hands-on in groups of two with design, implementation and analysis of systems. This practical work is conducted on a platform such as the Raspberry Pi, which has been developed for educational purpuses and, which exposes the hardware. The goal is that input signals should come from real sensors as far as possible and the output signals sould control real actuators to highlight problems such as noise and limitatins in control signals. The tasks will require the students to program. The project is meant to make the students explore a new area. It is a 1.5hp course, and the effort is spent roughly equal between the guided laborations and the more project. The hope is that the work will inspire the students to continue to develop their skills in, for example, programming.