systems programming course
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Systems Programming Course. Gustavo Rodriguez-Rivera. CS Common Core Courses. Problem Solving and Object Oriented Programming Programming in C Foundations of Computer Science Data Structures and Algorithms Computer Architecture Systems Programming. Objective. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Systems Programming Course
Gustavo Rodriguez-Rivera
CS Common Core Courses
Problem Solving and Object Oriented Programming
Programming in C Foundations of Computer Science Data Structures and Algorithms Computer ArchitectureSystems Programming
Objective Consolidate the programming skills from
the previous core courses. The System Programming course
concentrates on how programs run in user space and how the interact with the OS.
It does not cover OS internals. That will be covered in the Operating Systems Course.
Objective (cont.) It solidifies the programming skills by
having the students write large programs (>1000 lines).
The students will use tools like IDEs, debuggers, profilers, and source control to help them write good and maintainable code.
The students will learn how to work on teams.
Objective (cont.)
Use of Scripting Languages. The students will learn to write multi-
process and multi-threaded programs.
Topics Address space. Structure of a Program. Text,
Data, BSS, Stack Segments. Review of Pointers, double pointers, pointers to
functions Use of an IDE and debugger to program in C
and C++. Executable File Formats. ELF, COFF, a.out. Development Cycle, Compiling, Assembling,
Linking. Static Libraries Loading a program, Runtime Linker, Shared
Libraries.
Topics (cont.)
Scripting Languages. sh, bash, basic UNIX commands.
File creation, read, write, close, file mode. IO redirection, pipes Fork, wait, waitpid, signals. Directories, creating, directory list. Project: Writing your own shell. Source Control Systems (CVS, SVN) and
distributed (GIT, Mercurial)
Topics (cont.) Programming with Threads, thread creation. Race Conditions, Mutex locks. Socket Programming. Iterative and concurrent servers. Project: Implementing your own web server with
threads and process concurrency. Memory allocation. Problems with memory
allocation. Memory Leaks, Premature Frees, Memory Smashing, Double Frees.
Execution Profiling.
Textbook
No official Textbook.Class NotesSelected Documents and Tutorials available
in the Internet Recommended Textbook.
Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, Addison-Wesley, 1992.
Credits
Dr. Douglas Comer wrote the initial proposal for the Systems Programming Course.
The proposal was reviewed by Tim Korb, Gustavo Rodriguez-Rivera and the Systems Faculty.
Hardware Lab in the Computer Architecture Course
By Gustavo Rodriguez-Rivera
Introduction
We want to teach the students that computer programs are everywhere and not only in Windows, Linux, and Macintosh computers.
The students also program in Robots Phones Embedded Processors
The students get hands on experience with both hardware and software.
The Hardware Kit
The students buy a kit from the department at cost. The kit contains, breadboard, wires, gates, PIC18
processor, LED display, speaker, and everything they need to do projects with the PIC18 processor.
PIC 18 processor: 8 bit architecture 2K RAM, 64KB Flash Memory for Programs USB communication Digital Input/Outputs, Analog inputs Timers, interrupts Assembly and C programming with Microchip’s MPLAB IDE
The Hardware Kit
Programming the PIC18
The students write the Assembly or C program in a PC running Windows and the the MPLAB IDE environment.
The program is assembled/compile and downloaded to the PIC18 using a programmer called PICKit2.
The MPLAB IDE
Projects Implementing a 7-Segment display
decoder using AND, OR, NOT gates. Ambient light using an RGB Full Color
LED, Pulse Wide Modulation (PWM), push buttons, and the segment display.
Configurable Alarm Clock with selectable ring tones and interrupts.
Interfacing the PC and a servo motor using the USB port.
Thanks!
You are invited to see some of the student’s projects here in the room.
The URL of the course is http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/cs250