1. What is embedded s/w

2. What are real time systems

3. Processor Architectures

• CISC vs RISC
• Von Neumann vs. Harvard architecture
• Memory Mapped I/O vs I/O mapped I/O
• Internal memory vs External Memory
• Understanding processor architecture of TI DSP C5402
• Interrupt, Interrupt Vector Table, ISR
• Interrupt Masking vs. Disabling
• Bootup sequence of C5402

4. C language fundamentals in context of embedded s/w

• Volatile, static, Const

5. What is the difference between general purpose OS and RTOS

6. RTOS concepts

• Difference between Process and Thread
• Multiprocessing vs Multithreading
• Priorities
• Preemptive vs. Non Preemptive OS
• Interprocess communication
• Process/thread synchronization primitives (Semaphores)
• Device Drivers
• Memory Management
• Task execution states and scheduling
• Stack Frame in C
• Heap
• Context and context switching
• Deadlock

7. Embedded s/w engineering

• Image formats (COFF, elf)