Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Design and Prototype Embedded Computer Systems
Raspberry Pi Foundation and National Centre for Computing Education
This course described embedded systems, and the design processes for both the algorithms involved and the physical product. Learners had the chance to consider the design of a smartwatch as they worked through the course, and to use what they learnt to design an asset-tracking system for a school.
3 weeks, 2 hours per week
Dr Sue Sentance
Chief Learning Officer
Raspberry Pi Foundation
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Compare embedded systems to general-purpose systems
- Investigate the design of a smartwatch as an example of an embedded system
- Apply a design process to both an algorithm and a whole product
- Develop a prototype of an embedded system
Syllabus
- The difference between embedded systems and general-purpose systems
- How to decompose a product into features, tasks, and components using a block diagram
- What is real-time computing and why is it important?
- How to apply an iterative design process
- Prototyping
- Designing a finished physical product
- Connecting a device to the internet to provide functionality
Issued on 15th April 2020
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