Notes

Lectures are being recorded; see side-bar for link.

• #1 - Welcome or in colour
• #2 - Care and feeding instructions or in colour
• #3 - Development Environment or in colour
  • In class example program and makefile
  • Suggested tutorial for the command line
  • Videos on setting up a VM:
    Installing VMWare Player and Debian VM
    Configuring a VMWare Player's virtual machine

Building Software & C

• Academic Honesty
• #4 - Building software (Make and CMake) or in colour
  • Starter CMake project for assignments
  • Make and CMake tutorials
    • Makefile tutorial - Great introduction to Makefiles
    • How to Use CMake,
    • Introduction to CMake by Example
    • CMake Tutorial.
• #5 - C programming or in colour
  • In class C programming examples
  • Optional videos on C programming (in Eclipse) by Br. Brian; useful if new to C:
    C Basics: Basics, functions, prototypes, and constants
    C Modules: Multiple files in a project, including "private" functions (static)
    Eclipse basics: Importing an existing makefile program

Linux Programming

• #6 - Linux programming or in colour
  • In class Linux programming examples
  • YouTube videos on Linux programming (by Brian)
    • Processes (Fork & Exec)
      fork(): Create a process
      exec(): Replace current program with another
      fork() and exec()
    • Threads (pthreads)
      #1-Introduction: Create a single thread
      #2-Multiple threads: Passing data in/out using a struct with numerous threads
      #3-Dynamic memory: Passing data in/out of thread function using dynamically allocated memory
    • Synchronization
      Synchronization using mutex

PWL & Noise

• #7 - Voltage, ADC, Piecewise linear, & Noise or in colour
  • Feb 3 Zoom Lecture Recording - Passcode: igotthis

Debugging & Profiling

• #8 - Debugging w/ GDB & VS Code or in colour
  • Debugging guide covers how use GDB and VS Code for graphical debugging
  • Examples code for debugging
  • Videos
    GDB Cross Debugging
    GDB Cross Debugging seg faults
    Graphical cross debugging with Eclipse
    Dynamic memory debugging using valgrind tool
  • Feb 5 Zoom Lecture Recording - Passcode: igotthis
• #8.5 - Profiling or in colour
  • Examples code for mtrace and profiling

Electronics

• #11 - Electronics or in colour

Embedded Webserver

• #10 - Node.js or in colour
  • This topic is useful, but not covered in lecture. You will need to use some of this on the assignments, but not in depth.
  • Pre-recorded videos
    • Part 1: Static files (34 minutes)
    • Part 2: Dynamic interactions (28 minutes)
  • See Node.js in Action (2nd ed) book via SFU Library online for guide to Node.js
  • Node.js examples [Updated Feb 9 2023]
    Note: Makefile will deploy to public folder too!

Bit Twiddle

• #13 - Bit Twiddling or in colour

  • Book appendix describing Bitwise operations (PDF)

• As3 PCM Discussion as .png or as .svg - Screenshot of a previous offering!

  • Previous year's discussion about PCM audio (some details may not be 100% the same)

R5 - Real Time Processor

• #15.1 - R5 Intro or in colour
  • R5 Guide covering installing tools to build R5 code on host and run on MCU R5; takes ~3GB of space on host.
    • R5 MCU Sample Code:
      • blinky.zip: Sample C application for PCM audio output via ALSA.
      • neopixel.zip: The wave-player app built using CMake instead of a Makefile.
      • sharedMem.zip: Template of an audio mixer code for mixing real-time PCM sounds into one output stream. You can use this code directly in your assignment.
    • You can also follow the full official guide to setting up your R5/Zephyr development environment. Warning: Takes >10GB.
• #15.2 - R5 Memory or in colour
• #15.3 - NeoPixel or in colour

FMEA

• FMEA notes or in colour
  • FMEA spreadsheet template, and FMEA ratings (from here)

Real-time

• #17 - Real-time or in colour
• #19 - Scheduling or in colour