EMBEDDED SYSTEM BASICS
AND APPLICATION
M.MURUGANANDAM
Asst. Professor/EEE
Muthayammal
Engineering College,
Rasipuram-637 408.
TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED
• System
• Embedded System
• Components
• Classifications
• Processors
• Other Hardware
• Software
• Applications
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INTRODUCTION
What is a system?
A system is a way of working,
organizing or doing one or many tasks
according to a fixed plan, program or
set of rules.
A system is also an arrangement
in which all its units assemble and
work together according to the plan or
program.
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SYSTEM EXAMPLES
WATCH
It is a time display SYSTEM
Parts: Hardware, Needles, Battery, Dial,
Chassis and Strap
Rules
1.All needles move clockwise only
2.A thin needle rotates every second
3.A long needle rotates every minute
4.A short needle rotates every hour
5.All needles return to the original position after 12 hours
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SYSTEM EXAMPLES
WASHING MACHINE
It is an automatic clothes washing SYSTEM
Parts: Status display panel, Switches & Dials, Motor,
Power supply & control unit, Inner water level sensor and
solenoid valve.
Rules
1.Wash by spinning
2.Rinse
3.Drying
4.Wash over by blinking
5.Each step display the process stage
6.In case interruption, execute only the remaining
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EMBEDDED SYSTEM
Definition: An Embedded System is one that has
computer hardware with software embedded in it as
one of its important components. Its software embeds in
ROM (Read Only
Memory). It does not need
secondary memories as in
a computer
SOFTWARE PROGRAM
#include <16f876a.h>
#use delay (clock=20000000)
#byte PORTB=6
main()
HARDWARE {
set_tris_b(0);
portb=255; //decimal
delay_ms(1000);
portb=0x55; //hexadecimal
delay_ms(1000);
portb=0b10101010; //binary
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}
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COMPUTER HARDWARE
A Microprocessor
A Large Memory
(Primary and Secondary)
(RAM, ROM and caches)
Input Units
(Keyboard, Mouse, Scanner, etc.)
Output Units
(Monitor, printer, etc.)
Networking Units
(Ethernet Card, Drivers, etc.)
I/O Units
(Modem, Fax cum Modem, etc.)
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COMPONENTS OF EMBEDDED SYSTEM
• It has Hardware
Processor, Timers, Interrupt controller, I/O Devices, Memories, Ports,
etc.
• It has main Application Software
Which may perform concurrently the series of tasks or multiple tasks.
• It has Real Time Operating System (RTOS)
RTOS defines the way the system work. Which supervise the application
software. It sets the rules during the execution of the application
program. A small scale embedded system may not need an RTOS.
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EMBEDDED SYSTEM HARDWARE
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EMBEDDED SYSTEM CONSTRAINTS
An embedded system is software designed to keep
in view three constraints:
– Available system memory
– Available processor speed
– The need to limit the power dissipation
When running the system continuously in cycles of wait for
events, run, stop and wakeup.
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What makes embedded systems different?
• Real-time operation
• size
• cost
• time
• reliability
• safety
• energy
• security
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CLASSIFICATIONS OF EMBEDDED SYSTEM
1. Small Scale Embedded System
2. Medium Scale Embedded System
3. Sophisticated Embedded System
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SMALL SCALE EMBEDDED SYSTEM
• Single 8 bit or 16bit Microcontroller.
• Little hardware and software complexity.
• They May even be battery operated.
• Usually “C” is used for developing these system.
• The need to limit power dissipation when system is running
continuously.
Programming tools:
Editor, Assembler and Cross Assembler
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MEDIUM SCALE EMBEDDED SYSTEM
• Single or few 16 or 32 bit microcontrollers or Digital
Signal Processors (DSP) or Reduced Instructions
Set Computers (RISC).
• Both hardware and software complexity.
Programming tools:
RTOS, Source code Engineering Tool,
Simulator, Debugger and Integrated Development
Environment (IDE).
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SOPHISTICATED EMBEDDED SYSTEM
• Enormous hardware and software complexity
• Which may need scalable processor or configurable processor
and programming logic arrays.
• Constrained by the processing speed available in their
hardware units.
Programming Tools:
For these systems may not be readily available at a
reasonable cost or may not be available at all. A compiler or
retargetable compiler might have to br developed for this.
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PROCESSOR
• A Processor is the heart of the Embedded
System.
• For an embedded system designer
knowledge of microprocessor and
microcontroller is a must.
Two Essential Units: Operations
Control Unit (CU), Fetch
Execution Unit (EU) Execute
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VARIOUS PROCESSOR
1. General Purpose processor (GPP)
Microprocessor
Microcontroller
Embedded Processor
Digital signal Processor
2. Application Specific System Processor
(ASSP)
3. Multi Processor System using GPPs
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MICROPROCESSOR
• A microprocessor is a single chip semi conductor
device also which is a computer on chip, but not a
complete computer.
• Its CPU contains an ALU, a program counter, a stack
pointer, some working register, a clock timing circuit
and interrupt circuit on a single chip.
• To make complete micro computer, one must add
memory usually ROM and RAM, memory decoder, an
oscillator and a number of serial and parallel ports.
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HISTORY OF MICROPROCESSOR
1st Generation (4 bit processors)
4004 and 4040 4 bit in early 1970 by Intel (Integrated Electronics)
2nd Generation (8 bit processors)
8008 and 8080 8 bit in 1974 Intel with +5 V Input supply 8080 8085 8 bit
3rd Generation (16 bit processors)
8086 16 bit. Same as 8086, the 8088 introduced 8088 has only 8 bit data bus
(This made it easier to interface to the common 8 bit peripheral devices
available at the time)
Followed by:
The 80186 & 80286 (16 bit processor), the 80386 & 80486 (a 32 bit processor),
leading to the Pentium range of microprocessors (64 bit processors)
available today. The 80x86 and Pentium processors have all been designed
for use in personal computer type applications and have large memory maps.
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VARIOUS MICROPROCESSORS
Intel Zilog
4004, 4040
8080, 8085 Z80, Z180, eZ80
8086, 8088, Z8, eZ8
80186, 80188 and others
80286, 80386
x86-64
Motorola
6800
6809
68000
G3, G4, G5
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MICROCONTROLLER
• A microcontroller is a functional
computer system-on-a-chip. It contains a
processor, memory, and programmable
input/output peripherals.
• Microcontrollers include an integrated
CPU, memory (a small amount of RAM,
program memory, or both) and peripherals
capable of input and output.
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VARIOUS MICROCONTROLLERS
INTEL
8031,8032,8051,8052,8751,8752
PIC
8-bit PIC16, PIC18,
16-bit DSPIC33 / PIC24,
PIC16C7x
Motorola
MC68HC11
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MICROPROCESSOR Vs MICROCONTROLLER
MICROPROCESSOR MICROCONTROLLER
It includes functional blocks of
The functional blocks are ALU, microprocessors & in addition has
registers, timing & control units timer, parallel i/o, RAM, EPROM,
ADC & DAC
Bit handling instruction is less, One Many type of bit handling
or two type only instruction
Rapid movements of code and Rapid movements of code and
data between external memory & MP data within MC
They are used for designing
It is used for designing general
application specific dedicated
purpose digital computers system
systems
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EMBEDDED PROCESSOR
• Special microprocessors & microcontrollers
often called, Embedded processors.
• An embedded processor is used when fast
processing fast context-switching & atomic
ALU operations are needed.
Examples : ARM 7, INTEL i960, AMD 29050.
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DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR
• DSP as a GPP is a single chip VLSI unit.
• It includes the computational capabilities of
microprocessor and multiply & accumulate units (MAC).
• DSP has large number of applications such as image
processing, audio, video & telecommunication
processing systems.
• It is used when signal processing functions are to be
processed fast.
Examples : TMS320Cxx, SHARC, Motorola 5600xx
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APPLICATION SPECIFIC SYSTEM
PROCESSOR (ASSP)
• ASSP is dedicated to specific tasks and
provides a faster solution.
• An ASSP is used as an additional processing
unit for running the application in place of
using embedded software.
Examples : IIM7100, W3100A
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MULTI PROCESSOR SYSTEM USING
GPPs
• Multiple processors are used when a
single processor does not meet the
needs of different task.
• The operations of all the processors
are synchronized to obtain an optimum
performance.
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Moore’s Law
• Moore's law describes a long-term trend in the history of
computing hardware.
• Since the invention of the integrated circuit in 1958, the number
of transistors that can be placed inexpensively on an integrated
circuit has increased exponentially, doubling approximately
every two years.
• The trend was first observed by Intel co-founder Gordon E.
Moore in 1965.
• Almost every measure of the capabilities of digital electronic
devices is linked to Moore's law: processing speed, memory
capacity, etc.
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Moore’s law
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OTHER HARDWARE
• Power Source
• Clock Oscillator
• Real Time Clock (RTC)
• Reset Circuit, Power-up Reset and watchdog timer Reset
• Memory
• I/O Ports, I/O Buses
• Interrupt Handler
• DAC and ADC
• LCD and LED Display
• Keypad/Keyboard
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SOFTWARE
SOFTWARE SIMULATOR
C Masm
C++
Dot Net
COMPILER
RIDE
KEIL
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APPLICATIONS
•Household appliances:
Microwave ovens, Television, DVD
Players & Recorders
•Audio players
•Integrated systems in aircrafts and
missiles
•Cellular telephones
•Electric and Electronic Motor controllers
•Engine controllers in automobiles
•Calculators
• Medical equipments
•Videogames
•Digital musical instruments, etc.
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Learn by Doing
Excel Thru Experimentation
Lead by Example
Acquire skills and get employed
Update skills and stay employed
THANK YOU
M.MURUGANANDAM
AP/EEE
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