Embedded systems are all around us in the modern world and continue to evolve as time passes. Therefore, it is important to keep the knowledge in the field evolving, and education is a big part of it. This thesis focuses on how to design a lab assignment for a course about embedded systems with the stress on networking. Embedded systems have reliability and timeliness requirements, which will have to be accounted for when designing the network of the system. The work started with a literature study of communication protocols and how they support the requirements imposed by the embedded systems. Using this knowledge hardware was evaluated and chosen. With the lab assignment in mind, Arduino Zero was chosen as the platform as well as three network modules: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Zigbee. The hardware was used to implement a simple embedded system consisting of two nodes: a sensor node and a controller node. The sensor node sends the data to the controller which then acts upon the data. Three program were written, each with its own communication solution (time-triggered, event-triggered and a hybrid solution) and then tested in different environments. From the results of the tests, guidelines were formulated about how to design an assignment and what hardware to use. A general guideline was also created describing a lab assignment step by step. We recommended switching the platform from Arduino Zero to Arduino Uno to reduce the amount of workarounds needed to get the system running. Having more than one communication protocol also proved valuable since the students could show their knowledge by argumenting for their choice of protocol.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mdh-44187 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Rännar, Rasmus, Mustaniemi, Miika |
| Publisher | Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
Page generated in 0.002 seconds