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The course "Embedded Systems" covers the fundamentals of microprocessors, focusing on their features, architecture, and the challenges in designing embedded systems. It delves into the design process of embedded systems, examining embedded processors such as the 8051 microcontroller and ARM processor, including their architecture and instruction sets. Memory and interrupt handling are explored, with programming input and output, memory system mechanisms, and interfacing with I/O devices, illustrated through design examples like cell phones and digital cameras. The course also addresses multiprocessing, context switching, scheduling policies, and inter-process communication mechanisms, with examples including compact discs and DVDs. Embedded programming in assembly and C, real-time constraints, object-oriented programming, multi-state systems, and function sequences are covered. Finally, distributed embedded systems are discussed, focusing on network-based design, internet-enabled systems, vehicles as networks, and sensor networks, with a design example of an elevator controller.4o