FYS4220 – Real Time and Embedded Data Systems
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
This course gives and introduction to the design of digital and embedded systems using programmable logic (FPGA technology). This includes hardware description language (VHDL), verification and testing of digital designs, implementation of embedded systems in FPGAs, and the basic properties of Real-time operating systems.
Learning outcome
After completing this course:
- you will have knowledge of the basic building blocks and functionality of programmable logic devices.
- you will have knowledge of application areas for programmable logic devices.
- you will be able to design a basic digital system using a hardware description language like VHDL.
- you will be able to perform simulation and synthesis of digital systems for FPGAs.
- you will have basic knowledge of embedded and Real-Time operating systems, and be able to implement them on an FPGA.
Admission to the course
A maximum of 30 students due to laboratory capacity.
Students admitted at UiO must?apply for courses?in Studentweb. Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.
Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may?apply to take this course as a single course student.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about?admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.
Recommended previous knowledge
FYS1210 – Elementary Electronics with Project Work and knowledge of at least one high-level programming language.
Knowledge of measurement technology (FYS3230 – Sensors and measurement technology (continued), FYS3231 – Sensors and Measurement Technology) and microprocessor technology (FYS3240 – Data Acquisition and Control) are also recommended.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with FYS9220 – Real Time and Embedded Data Systems.
- 6 credits overlap with IN3160 – Digital system design.
- 6 credits overlap with IN4160 – Digital system design.
Teaching
The first lecture is mandatory. If you are unable to attend, the Department of Physics has to be informed no later than the same day (studieinfo@fys.uio.no), or else you will lose your place in the course.
The course extends over a full semester with 4 hours of teaching per week:
- 2 hours of lectures
- 2 hours of laboratory work
This course has a project assignment, which must be completed and approved before you can sit the final exam.
As?the?teaching involves laboratory and/or fieldwork, you should consider taking out separate travel and personal risk insurance.?Read about your insurance cover as a student.
Examination
- Final oral or written exam, which counts?100 % towards the?final grade.?
The form of the exam is decided by the number of students signed up for the course after the registration deadline.
This course has a project assignment that must?be completed and approved before you can sit?the final exam.
It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: FYS9220 – Real Time and Embedded Data Systems
Examination support material
No examination support material is allowed.
Language of examination
Subjects taught in English will only offer the exam paper in English.
You may write your examination paper in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a?postponed exam?at the beginning of the next semester.
New examinations?are offered at the beginning of the next semester for students who do not successfully complete the exam during the previous semester.
We do not offer a re-scheduled exam for students who withdraw during the exam.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.