Course development

The following changes have been implemented for this course instance: * Lecture slides have been updated to improve the presentation of concepts. * The project task has been modified. Instead of offering 5 'customer requirements' out of which students must complete 3 for the highest points, only 3 were proposed in this instance.

The main changes in this course instance are: - Development of hardware platform used in the project PRO1. The platform consists of a custom PCB with several sensors, buttons, switches, a display, different communication interfaces, etc. The platform connects to the microcontroller development board used in the course. - The project task PRO1 has been completely redesigned to match the new hardware platform. - TENA has been changed to TENB (from a written exam to an oral exam).

- Improved pre-recorded videos for each thematic module - To increase interaction in the Q&A sessions that follow each thematic module students could submit questions before and teachers prepared slides that have then been used during the Q&A session. - To adjust the course on certain aspects based on students' input, polls were used during the 1st lecture but also during the Q&A sessions. - The project has been extensively modified. This took earlier feedback into account to provide more choice in selecting content for the individual projects. Therefore, 5 different project tasks have been developed. To achieve full points, 3 out of the 5 tasks must be selected and implemented. This way there is more flexibility in selecting the content of the project. Previously there was no possibility to select different implementation tasks.

The course has been restructured to facilitate remote teaching in light of Covid-19. - Pre-recorded lectures - Q&A sessions during scheduled lectures - Laboratory supervision remotely - Laboratory demonstrations remotely Independently, all lecture slides have been re-developed. Additional material was added to include details on the overall development process of embedded systems as well as on bare-metal execution approaches for embedded systems.