DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

ET3491– EMBEDDED SYSTEMS AND IOT DESIGN

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R-2021
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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

III YEAR / VI SEMESTER

REGULATION 2021

ET3491– EMBEDDED SYSTEMS AND IOT DESIGN

Faculty In Charge Head of the Department

Dr. S. Sumithra M.E., Ph.D Dr. S. Sumithra M.E., Ph.D
Professor & Dean Professor & Dean
Department of ECE Department of ECE

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 INSTITUTE VISION & MISSION

VISION:

To become a globally recognized “Centre of Academic Excellence” providing Quality

Education to all students.

MISSION:

To provide Quality Education in the fields of Engineering, Management, Information,

Technology and other Engineering areas.

DEPARTMENT VISION & MISSION

VISION:

To impart latest knowledge and skills so as to kindle innovation and creativity among
students.

MISSION:

To develop and sustain a culture of research while promoting values, ethics

M1
and professionalism.
To develop competent technocrats who strives continuously in pursuit of professional
M2
excellence in the field of Electronics and Communication Engineering.

M3 To offer well-balanced curriculum to acquire professional competencies.

To develop the state of the art infrastructure and research for effective teaching
M4
learning process.

To strengthen the soft skills especially for rural students through co-curricular and
M5
extracurricular activities.

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 PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES (PEOs)

To provide the students with a strong foundation in the required sciences in order to pursue
PEO1
studies in Electronics and Communication Engineering.
To gain adequate knowledge to become good professional in electronic and communication
PEO2 engineering associated industries, higher education and research.

To develop attitude in lifelong learning, applying and adapting new ideas and technologies
PEO3 as their field evolves.

To prepare students to critically analyze existing literature in an area of specialization and

ethically develop innovative and research oriented methodologies to solve the problems
PEO4
identified.

To inculcate in the students a professional and ethical attitude and an ability to visualize the
PEO5 engineering issues in a broader social context.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES (POs)

Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering

PO1 fundamentals and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering
problems.
Problem analysis: Identify, formulate, review research literature, and analyze complex
PO2 engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of
mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences.

Design/development of Solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and

design system components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate
PO3 consideration for public health and safety, and the cultural, societal, and environmental
considerations.
Conduct investigations of Complex Problems: Use research-based knowledge and research
PO4 methods including the design of experiments, Analysis and interpretation of data, and
synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions.
Modern tool Usage: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and
PO5 modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and modeling to complex
Engineering activities with an understanding of the limitations.
The engineer and society: Apply to reason in formed by the contextual Knowledge
PO6 to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities
relevant to the professional engineering practice.

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 Environment and Sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional engineering
PO7 solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and
need for sustainable development.
Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and Responsibilities and
PO8
norms of the engineering practice.

Individual and team work: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader
PO9
in Diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.

Communication: Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the

engineering community and with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and
PO10
write effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and
receive clear instructions.

Project management and finance: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the

PO11 engineering and management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member
and leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments.

Life-long learning: Recognize the need for and have the preparation and ability to Engage
PO12
in in dependent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.

PROGRAM SPECIFIC OUTCOMES (PSOs):

Design, develop and analyze electronic systems through application of relevant

PSO1
electronics, mathematics and engineering principles.

Design, develop and analyze communication systems through application of

PSO2 fundamentals from communication principles, signal processing, and RF System
Design & Electromagnetics.

Adapt to emerging electronics and communication technologies and develop

PSO3
innovative solutions for existing and newer problems.

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ET3491 EMBEDDED SYSTEM AND IOT DESIGN LTPC
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COURSE OBJECTIVES

 Study the design process of an embedded system

 Understand the real - time processing in an embedded system.
 Learn the architecture and design flow of IoT
 Build an IoT based system.

UNIT I 8051 MICROCONTROLLER 9

Microcontrollers for an Embedded System – 8051 – Architecture – Addressing Modes –
Instruction Set – Program and Data Memory – Stacks – Interrupts – Timers / Counters – Serial
Ports – Programming.

UNIT II EMBEDDED SYSTEMS 9

Embedded System Design Process – Model Train Controller – ARM Processor – Instruction Set
Preliminaries – CPU – Programming Input and Output – Supervisor Mode – Exceptions and Trap
– Models for programs – Assembly, Linking and Loading – Compilation Techniques – Program
Level Performance Analysis.

UNIT III PROCESSES AND OPERATING SYSTEMS 9

Structure of a real – time system – Task Assignment and Scheduling – Multiple Tasks and Multiple
Processes – Multirate Systems – Pre emptive real – time Operating systems – Priority based
scheduling – Interprocess Communication Mechanisms – Distributed Embedded Systems –
MPSoCs and Shared Memory Multiprocessors – Design Example – Audio Player, Engine Control
Unit and Video Accelerator.

UNIT IV IOT ARCHITECTURE AND PROTOCOLS 9

Internet – of – Things – Physical Design, Logical Design – IoT Enabling Technologies – Domain
Specific IoTs – IoT and M2M – IoT System Management with NETCONF – YANG – IoT
Platform Design – Methodology – IoT Reference Model – Domain Model – Communication
Model – IoT Reference Architecture – IoT Protocols - MQTT, XMPP, Modbus, CANBUS and
BAC Net.

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UNIT V IOT SYSTEM DESIGN 9
Basic building blocks of an IoT device – Raspberry Pi – Board – Linux on Raspberry Pi –
Interfaces – Programming with Python – Case Studies: Home Automation, Smart Cities,
Environment and Agriculture.

TOTAL : 45 PERIODS

COURSE OUTCOMES

On completion of this course, the students expected to be able to:

CO1 Explain the architecture and features of 8051.

CO2 Develop a model of an embedded system.

CO3 List the concepts of real time operating systems.

CO4 Learn the architecture and protocols of IoT.

CO5 Design an IoT based system for any application.

CORRELATION OF COURSE OUTCOMES (CO’s) WITH PO’s / PSO’s

CO/ PO PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO 10 PO 11 PO 12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3

CO1 3 3 3 2 2 - - - - - - - 3 2 1
CO2 3 3 3 2 2 - - - - - - - 3 2 1
CO3 3 3 2 2 2 - - - -- - - - 2 1 1
CO4 3 3 2 2 2 - - - - - - - 3 3 2
CO5 3 3 3 3 3 - - - - - - - 3 3 2
AVG 3.0 3.0 2.6 2.2 2.2 - - - - - - - 2.6 2.2 1.4

3 – High; 2 – Medium; 1 – Low; - No Correlation

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TEXT BOOKS

1. Reinhold Ludwig and Powel Bretchko, RF Circuit Design – Theory and Applications,
Pearson Education Asia, First Edition, 2001.(Unit – I, II)
2. Bharathi Bhat, Shiban K. Koul, “Stripline-like Transmission Lines for Microwave
Integrated Circuits”, New Age International Pvt Ltd Publishers, 2007.(Unit –III ,V)
3. Gupta KC and Amarjit Singh, “Microwave Integrated circuits”, Wiley Eastern, 1974.(Unit
– IV)

REFERENCE BOOKS

1. MathewM. Radmanesh, Radio Frequency & Microwave Electronics, Pearson Education

Asia, Second Edition, 2002.
2. Ulrich L. Rohde and David P. New Kirk, RF / Microwave Circuit Design, John Wiley &
Sons USA 2000.
3. Roland E. Best, Phase – Locked Loops: Design, simulation and applications, McGraw Hill
Publishers 5TH edition 2003
4. David Pozar , Microwave Engineering, Addison Wesley 3rd Edition
5. Ravender Goyal, “Monolithic MIC; Technology & Design”, Artech House, First Edition
1989

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 UNIT – 1
8051 MICROCONTROLLER

PART - A
CO
Q. No Question BT Level Complexity
Mapping
What is the status of the CY, AC and P
1 flag after the addition of 38H and 2FH in CO1 Understand Medium
the following instructions?

2 What is microprocessor? CO1 Understand Medium

What are the main features of 8051 Medium

3 CO1 Understand
microcontroller?

What is the significance of PSEN and EA pins

4 CO1 Understand Medium
in 8051 microcontroller?
5 Define embedded system. CO1 Remember Low

State any four application of

6 CO1 Remember Low
microcontrollers.
7 What are interrupts of 8051? CO1 Understand Medium

8 What is Program Counter (PC)? CO1 Understand Medium

9 Draw the PSW register. CO1 Create High

10 What are the flags available in 8051? CO1 Understand Medium

List the 8051 instructions that

11 CO1 Remember Low
always clear the carry flag.
12 Define addressing mode. CO1 Remember Low
13 List any four SFRs. CO1 Remember Low
14 What is Register indirect addressing CO1 Understand Medium

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 mode?
List the different types of 8051
15 CO1 Remember Low
microcontroller.
16 What is the function of SWAP A? CO1 Understand Medium

What is meant by bit oriented

17 CO1 Understand Medium
instructions?
18 Define subroutine. CO1 Remember Low

What is the function of RET instruction of

19 CO1 Understand Medium
8051?
20 Define Stack. CO1 Remember Low
21 What is ISR? CO1 Understand Medium
22 Define interrupt. CO1 Remember Low

PART - B
CO
Q. No Question BT Level Complexity
Mapping
Compare microcontrollers and
1 CO1 Evaluate Medium
microprocessors in system design.
Draw the pin diagram of 8051
2 microcontroller and explain the functions CO1 Create High
of each pin.
Explain the architecture of 8051
3 CO1 Understand Medium
microcontroller with a neat diagram.
Discuss the different addressing mode of
4 CO1 Understand Medium
8051.
Elaborate the different types of
5 addressing modes supported by the CO1 Understand Medium
8051 microcontroller with examples.

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 Describe the different types of Understand
6 CO1 Medium
instructions set used in microcontroller.
Enumerate the memory structure of an Understand
7 CO1 Medium
8051 microcontroller.
Draw the data memory structure of 8051
8 CO1 Create High
microcontroller and explain.
Explain with block diagram, how to
9 access external memory devices in an CO1 Understand Medium
8051 based system.
Discuss in detail about the stack in the
10 CO1 Understand Medium
8051 microcontroller.
What are the interrupts of 8051?
11 Highlight the function of any two CO1 Understand Medium
interrupts?
Explain the counters and times of 8051
12 CO1 Understand Medium
microcontroller.
Draw and explain SCON special function
13 CO1 Create High
register.
Describe in detail about the serial data
14 CO1 Understand Medium
transfer in 8051.

UNIT – II

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

PART - A
CO
Q. No Question BT Level Complexity
Mapping

Write the objectives of an embedded

1 CO2 Understand Medium
system design process.
Name the five basic steps involved in
2 CO2 Remember Low
embedded system design process.

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 Write the goal of the embedded system
3 CO2 Understand Medium
design.

List the nonfunctional requirements of

4 CO2 Remember Low
embedded system design.
5 What is UML? CO2 Understand Medium

6 Define class. CO2 Remember Low

Differentiate object, link and

7 CO2 Understand Medium
association.
8 List the DCC standards. CO2 Remember Low

Explain the basic packet format in

9 CO2 Understand Medium
DCC standard.
10 What is meant by baseline packet? CO2 Understand Medium

What is the function of conceptual

11 CO2 Understand Medium
specification?
12 Define ARM processor. CO2 Remember Low

Why ARM processor called as load-

13 CO2 Understand Medium
store architecture?
14 Define CPSR. CO2 Remember Low

15 Define ROR. CO2 Remember Low

Differentiate between big endian and

16 CO2 Understand Medium
little endian.
17 What is superscalar processor? CO2 Understand Medium

18 What do you mean by VLIW processor? CO2 Understand Medium

19 Define Sock. CO2 Remember Low

Draw the format of ARM data

20 CO2 Create High
processing instruction.
21 Define data dependency. CO2 Remember Low

22 What is mean by memory-mapped I/O? CO2 Understand Medium

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 PART – B
CO
Q. No Question BT Level Complexity
Mapping

With a detailed reasons and explain

1 why design methodology is important CO2 Understand Medium
in embedded system design process.
Explain about embedded system design
2 CO2 Understand Medium
process with neat sketches.
Discuss about design of model train
3 CO2 Understand Medium
controller with neat sketches.
Enumerate in detail about ARM
4 CO2 Understand Medium
processor with neat sketches.
Describe about computer architecture
5 CO2 Understand Medium
taxonomy with neat diagrams.
6 Write note on VLIW processors. CO2 Understand Medium
Write a note on
(i) Supervisor mode
7 CO2 Medium
(ii) Exceptions, and Understand
(iii) Traps
Discuss in detail about modes of
8 CO2 Understand Medium
programs.
Explain with neat sketches about
9 CO2 Understand Medium
assembly, linking and loading processes.
Elaborate about compilation techniques
10 CO2 Understand Medium
with neat sketches.

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 UNIT – III

PROCESSES AND OPERATING SYSTEMS

PART - A
CO
Q. No Question BT Level Complexity
Mapping
1 What is real- time embedded systems? CO3 Understand Medium

List the types of embedded real-time

2 CO3 Remember Low
systems.
3 Define task assignments. CO3 Remember Low

4 What is scheduling? CO3 Understand Medium

Differentiate between preemptive and

5 CO3 Understand Medium
non-preemptive scheduling.

Write the advantages of scheduling in

6 CO3 Remember Low
real-time systems.

Define multitasking or
7 CO3 Remember Low
multiple tasking.
8 Define threads. CO3 Remember Low

9 What is initiation time? CO3 Understand Medium

What do you mean by deadline and

10 CO3 Understand Medium
jitter?
11 Define utilization of CPU. CO3 Remember Low

12 What is Rate Monotonic Scheduling? CO3 Understand Medium

13 What is EDF scheduling? CO3 Understand Medium

14 Compare RMS and EDF. CO3 Evaluate Medium

Define critical timing race or race

15 CO3 Remember Low
condition.
16 Define Semaphore. CO3 Remember Low

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What is Priority Inversion?

18 CO3 Understand Medium

What is priority inheritance?

19 CO3 Understand Medium

What is CAN bus?

20 CO3 Understand Medium

What is meant by accelerator?

21 CO3 Remember Low

List the basic functions of an audio player.

Draw the MPEG layer-1 data frame CO3

22 Create High
format for the audio player application.

List out the major components of audio CO3

23 Remember Low
player.

24 CO3 Understand Medium

What is block motion estimation?

Mention the requirements of block motion CO3

25 Remember Low
estimator.

PART – B
CO
Q. No Question BT Level Complexity
Mapping
Discuss in detail about multitasking and
1 CO3 Understand Medium
multiprocessing.
Explain why preemptive scheduling is
2 CO3 Understand Medium
preferred in real time operating systems.
Enumerate about multirate systems with
3 CO3 Understand Medium
neat sketches.

Describe in detail about preemptive real-

4 CO3 Understand Medium
time operating systems.
5 Discuss in detail about priority-based CO3 Understand Medium

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 scheduling with neat sketches.

Elaborate in detail about Rate

6 Monotonic Scheduling with an CO3 Understand Medium
example.

Explain in detail about Earliest-

7 CO3 Understand Medium
Deadline First scheduling.

Demonstrate about inter process

8 CO3 Create High
communication mechanisms.

Discuss about the distributed embedded

9 CO3 Understand Medium
system.
10 Explain in detail about CAN architecture. CO3 Understand Medium

Describe in detail about Ethernet with

11 CO3 Understand Medium
neat sketches.
Enumerate the concepts of
Multiprocessor System-on-chip (MPSoC)
12 CO3 Understand Medium
and shared memory multiprocessors are
used in embedded application.

Explain the design of an audio player with CO3

13 Understand Medium
neat diagrams.
Illustrate the working of Engine control CO3
14 Analyze Medium
Unit with a diagram.

Write in detail about the embedded

15 CO3 Understand Medium
concepts in the design of Video
acceleration.

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 UNIT – IV

IOT ARCHITECTURE AND PROTOCOLS

PART - A
CO
Q. No Question BT Level Complexity
Mapping
What is the role of “Things” and
1 CO4 Understand Medium
“Internet” in IoT?
2 List the application of IoT. CO4 Remember Low
3 Define IoT. CO4 Remember Low

Why do IoT systems have to be self-

4 CO4 Understand Medium
adapting and self- configuration?

Mention the functions of the transport

5 CO4 Remember Low
layer.

Name the functional blocks of IoT

6 CO4 Remember Low
system.
7 What is request-response model? CO4 Understand Medium

Name the communication models used in

8 CO4 Remember Low
IoT.
9 What is Publish-Subscribe model? CO4 Understand Medium

10 Define push-pull model. CO4 Remember Low

What do you mean by REST
11 CO4 Understand Medium
based API?
12 Define cloud computing. CO4 Remember Low

Name the steps involved in big data

13 CO4 Remember Low
analytics.

What the rules are for interpret Geological

14 CO4 Understand Medium
maps?
15 What is M2M connection? CO4 Understand Medium

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CO
Q. No Question BT Level Complexity
Mapping
Discuss in detail about the characteristics
1 CO4 Understand Medium
of IoT.
Explain about the physical design of
2 CO4 Understand Medium
IoT.
Enumerate about the IoT protocols with a
3 CO4 Understand Medium
neat diagram.

Describe in detail about the logical design

4 CO4 Understand Medium
of IoT with neat diagrams.
Elaborate about communication models
5 CO4 Understand Medium
used in IoT with neat diagrams.

Describe an example of IoT service

6 that uses publish-subscribe CO4 Remember Low
communication model.

Enumerate an example of IoT service

7 that uses Web Socket-based CO4 Understand Medium
communication.

Explain in detail about the IoT enabling

8 CO4 Understand Medium
technologies with neat diagrams.

Write a short notes on

(i) Wireless Sensor Networks.
9 CO4 Understand Medium
(ii) Cloud computing.
(iii) Big-data analytics.
Describe about M2M system architecture
10 CO4 Understand Medium
with a neat diagram.
Discuss about the function of M2M
11 CO4 Understand Medium
gateway with a neat diagram.

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 Explain about Software-Defined
12 Networking (SDN) architecture with a CO4 Understand Medium
neat diagram.
Elaborate about the NFV architecture
13 CO4 Understand Medium
with a neat diagram.
Discuss in detail about the IoT system
14 CO4 Understand Medium
management with NETCONF-YANG.
Explain in detail about the basic network
15 architecture of NETCONF with neat CO4 Understand Medium
diagram.
16 Write a note on YANG. CO4 Understand Medium
Discuss about the IoT platforms design
17 CO4 Understand Medium
methodology with neat diagrams.
Elaborate about IoT reference
18 CO4 Understand Medium
architecture With a neat diagram.
Explain in detail about the IoT reference
19 CO4 Understand Medium
model with neat diagram.
Write a note on
20 (i) MQTT. CO4 Understand Medium
(ii) XMPP.

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 UNIT – V

IOT SYSTEM DESIGN

PART - A
CO
Q. No Question BT Level Complexity
Mapping
1 Name the basic blocks of an IoT device. CO5 Remember Low
List the functional modules used in
2 CO5 Remember Low
IoT device.
3 What is Raspberry Pi? CO5 Understand Medium

Name the interface used in Raspberry

4 CO5 Remember Low
Pi.
5 Name the basic blocks of an IoT device. CO5 Remember Low

PART – B
CO
Q. No Question BT Level Complexity
Mapping
Explain in detail about the basic building
1 CO5 Understand Medium
blocks of an IoT device.
Describe about Raspberry Pi board with
2 CO5 Understand Medium
neat diagram.
Write a note on the Raspberry Pi
3 CO5 Understand Medium
interfaces with neat diagram.

Discuss about the programming of

4 Raspberry Pi using Python with an CO5 Understand Medium
example.

Write a Python program for

5 (i) Switching LED ON/ OFF. CO5 Create High
(ii) Blinking LED.

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 THANK YOU

ALL THE BEST

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