SIT210 - Embedded Systems Development

Unit details

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Year:

2023 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Imali Dias
Prerequisite:

One of SIT102, SIT172 or SER203

Note:

Students enrolled before 2018: Successful completion of SIT107 or SIT123.

Students commencing from 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021: Successful completion of SIT102 and one of SIT107 or SIT123

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: SIT730
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

1 x 3 hour active class per week

Scheduled learning activities - online:

Online independent and collaborative learning including 1 x 2 hour online workshop per week, weekly drop-in sessions.

Note:

Student Equipment Purchases

Learning experiences and assessment activities in this unit require that students have access to specific computing equipment, such as single board computers, microcontrollers and sensors. The expected cost of this equipment for this unit is $200. Students will be informed at the start of the unit if loan equipment is available, or if they will be required to purchase it.

Content

Embedded devices are an inseparable part of modern computing systems.  They monitor and control dedicated functionality of the systems. Examples of these systems include Anti-lock Brake Systems (ABS) and Airbags in cars to various Internet-of-things as Smart Home applications. This unit will focus on device level programming on devices  such as the Particle Photon, AARM Mbed and Raspberry Pi, covering topics such as hardware interfaces and serial communications (GPIO, I2C, UART, SPI), real-time systems development, Open Systems Interconnection Model (OSI). Students will build and prototype embedded devices and  systems to capture data, sense the environment, and trigger actions using a range of hardware devices and for a variety of real-world projects.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Develop software necessary for controlling devices within an embedded system.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO2

Develop an embedded system by interfacing sensing, computation and communication components to solve real world problems.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO3

Design sensing architectures that satisfy performance constraints related to robustness, fault tolerance and responsiveness.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO4

Reflect upon learning achieved through experiences within the unit, and assessment tasks to highlight development of technical expertise in relation to career opportunities.

GLO6: Self-management

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Learning portfolio Portfolio 100% Week 12

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Hurdle requirement

To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit, students must meet certain milestones as part of the portfolio.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SIT210 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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