Competence Team Embedded Platforms - finished
The Competence Team Embedded Platforms is located at the Research Group Embedded
Systems, University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien.
The objective of the competence team is to extend the expertise of
embedded platforms and their application. This includes hardware,
software, operating systems, middleware, communication, networks, and
distributed systems. Development tools like Integrated Development
Environments (IDEs), compilers, and debuggers are another major
concern.
To put a One Platform for every Student (OPeS) concept into practice,
hardware platforms at reasonable cost, combined with freely available
development tools have been identified as a requirement. Therefore the
crucial point for the competence team will be to find a reasonable
trade-off between cost and industry relevance in conjunction with the
selected platforms and tools.
The best way to fulfil those objectives seems to provide platforms for
two different complexity levels. The basic courses utilizing an
unrestricted available platform for every student, while the higher
level taking even more respect to industry relevance. Thus the advanced
courses shall be supported by a Remote Embedded Application Laboratory
(REAL). REAL will provide the students entirely flexible access to
complex, thus expensive, hardware and applications. This is beneficial
for every student, and of even higher importance for part time students
in distance learning environments.
Furthermore the competence team's research activities will focus on new
didactical concepts for embedded systems and the pursuit and
anticipation of future trends.
The competence team will extend the existing level of expertise in the
area of embedded systems, and will significantly enhance the
attractiveness and industry relevance of the education platforms. The
One Platform for every Student approach enables the students to work
with real embedded systems even off-campus improving their individual
practical skills. Novelties, such as Open Source toolchains and Remote
Embedded Application Laboratories will be applied to several embedded
systems related courses.
This project is funded by the City of Vienna, department MA23, under grant number MA27-Projekt 10-07.
The duration of the Project was from Nov. 2009 to Oct. 2012.
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