| Tuesday | Thursday | Lectures/presentations/meetings | Assignments and Suggested Readings |
| 08/25 | | Introduction and Admin info (pptx) (PDF) | |
| | 08/27 | Anatomy of mobile systems (pptx) (PDF) | |
| 09/01 | | PCB layout and routing (pptx) (PDF) | Check out EAGLE for PCB design |
| | 09/03 | System on a Chip (SoC) and Input/output (pptx)(PDF) | Project starts |
| 09/08 | | Graph partition in embedded system design (pptx) (PDF) | Homework reading assignment: I and II. |
| | 09/10 | Sensors (pptx)(PDF) | Application Notes for tri-axis accelerometer (I, II, III) |
| 09/15 | | Project Help Session (Ahmad Rahmati) | |
| | 09/17 | ARM architecture (Joe Bungo from ARM) (PDF) | |
| 09/22 | | Project Help Session (Jiayang Liu) | |
| | 09/24 | Human factors (pptx) (PDF) | Homework reading assignment: (PDF)
Project PCB design due Monday 8am |
| 09/29 | | Operating system concepts I | Check out µC/OS-II using Section 3.2 of Tilt 1 |
| | 10/01 | User studies (Jiayang Liu)(pptx)(PDF) | |
| 10/06 | | Operating system concepts II (pptx)(PDF) | |
| | 10/08 | Display technologies (pptx)(PDF) | MSP430 User Guide: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 11, and 17; Programming MSP430 with IAR EWB |
| 10/13 | | No class (Midterm recess) | |
| | 10/15 | Programming embedded systems | Homework reading assignment: Passive vs. active matrix addressing. |
| 10/20 | | Programming embedded systems II (pptx, PDF) | |
| | 10/22 | Programming iPhone (pptx, PDF) and Windows Mobile (pptx, PDF) | |
| 10/27 | | Battery technologies and energy distribution (pptx, PDF) | Suggested reading (PDF) |
| | 10/29 | Real-time system concepts (pptx, PDF) | Homework reading assignment (PDF) (Inequality between means) (Jensen's Inequality) |
| 11/03 | | Embedded networking | |
| | 11/05 | Project Help Session | LED flashing check point due |
| 11/10 | | MSP430 (Adrian Valenzuela from Texas Instruments) | |
| | 11/12 | Low-power design | OS installation on PCB due |
| 11/17 | | Team PLSR (Digital camera) | |
| | 11/19 | Team Capacitator (UAV) | Design of user study due |
| 11/24 | | Team i (Automobile electronics)/Team 75% (Set-top box) | |
| | 11/26 | No class (Thanks Giving) | |
| 12/01 | | Team Cache Money (HDTV) | |
| | 12/03 | Final project demo and presentation in class | Final system demo due |
| 12/08 | | | |
| | 12/10 | | Final project report due |
