Please note that, although currently the CSE Department website lists the catalogue number for CSE6490F “Issues in Special Topics in Software Systems II- Issues in Embedded System Design” as “Pending”; and the York University course enrolment website only lists CSE6390B “Scheduling in hard real-time systems”, as an 6xxx level graduate level course that I am teaching in January 2013, that should be corrected soon.

In the meanwhile graduate students wishing to enrol in CSE6490F “Issues in Special Topics in Software Systems II- Issues in Embedded System Design” Winter 2013, can first enrol in CSE6390B “Scheduling in hard real-time systems”, and that will be automatically changed to CSE6490F “Issues in Special Topics in Software Systems II- Issues in Embedded System Design” soon.

Start of classes.

All course related material, such as lecture notes, the list of topics and requirements for the Topic Study, Assignments, Project requirements, etc., will be posted in the CSE6490 course directory on red: /cs/course/6490

CSE 6490F Test 1 will be held on Thursday February 28, 2013, 17:30-19:00.

CSE 6490F Test 2 will be held on Thursday April 4, 2013, 17:30-19:00.

6490F students are encouraged to “sit-in” the 4352 labs to learn some basics about embedded microcontrollers and their software.

The 4352 lab schedule is as follows (Each lab is on a Friday, 11:30-13:00, in Lassonde 1004A)

- lab 1: Friday January 25.

- lab 2: Friday February 8.

(during reading week Feb 18-22 there is no lab)

- lab 3: Friday March 1.

(March 29 is Good Friday so no lab)

- lab 4: Friday March 15.

- lab 5: Friday April 5.

Note that there will be a lab tomorrow. You may read some of the lab material in “Lab1” in the “Labs” section of the 4352 website to prepare for the lab at: https://wiki.cse.yorku.ca/course_archive/2012-13/W/4352/labs

Lab 2 originally scheduled for Friday Feb 8 has been CANCELLED, and is re-scheduled to be held on Friday Feb 15, 11:30-1300, Lassonde 1004A.

As of 5:30am, Friday 8 February 2013, the University has adopted Weather Emergency Procedures at its Keele and Glendon Campuses. All day and evening classes have been cancelled and examinations postponed. http://webapps.yorku.ca/weather/

Please note that CSE6490 Test 1 will be held on Thursday, February 28, 2013, 17:30-19:00.

The material covered in Test 1 will include the material in the lecture note slides in the course directory, including: ESD.1.pdf, ESD.2.pdf, ESD.3.pdf, ESD.4.pdf, ESD.5.pdf, ESD.6.pdf

The CSE6490 Assignment (which is worth 10% of the course mark) is to consist of a document containing a proposal for the project study.

The CSE6490 Assignment document could be around 2-3 pages, with the following content:

1. A brief description of the topic that you propose to study for the project.

2. An explanation of why the topic that you propose to study for the project is interesting/important.

3. A brief outline of what you propose to do in the project.

4. References related to the project.

The CSE6490 Assignment due date is Tuesday March 26.

Also, please submit electronic copies of all course work, including topic study slides, topic study report, assignment, and project report, to the course submit directory.

(Three subdirectories: “topic”, “a1”, “project” of /cs/course/6490/submit have been set up. Use the command “man submit” to learn how to submit electronic copies of course work to those directories.)

Please note that CSE6490 Test 2 will be held on Thursday, April 4, 2013, 17:30-19:00.

Test 2 will include the material in ESD.7.pdf, ESD.8.pdf, ESD.9.pdf, ESD.10.pdf, that has already been covered in the lectures so far.

Test 2 will also include material that will be introduced on Tuesday April 2. The lectures slides for Tuesday April 2 will be posted once they are ready.

The lectures slides, ESD.11.pdf, ESD.12.pdf, ESD.13.pdf that were covered in the Tuesday April 2 lecture have been posted in the course directory.