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Here you can see other workstations and the previously described workstation with the experiment set up at the back right. At the foremost workstation in the picture you can see another experimental setup.

Laboratory for embedded systems

Fast facts

Location & room
Campus Sonnenstraße, Gebäude A, Raum A 504
Organizational unit
Electrical engineering

Profile

In this workstation, a small motor is controlled and regulated. A PC screen is switched on in the background. A circuit diagram is displayed on the screen.

The Laboratory for Embedded Systems combines research and teaching on practical, future-oriented topics in hardware and software development. We offer students an environment for designing, implementing and evaluating embedded systems - from HDL-based FPGA design to low-resource machine learning models for microcontrollers.

Focal points

FPGA based chip design
Implementation of digital circuits in HDL, prototyping on FPGA boards, verification and performance-oriented optimization.
Microprocessor technology
Architecture, pipeline design, interfaces and implementation of customized processor functions for special applications.
Microcontroller
Embedded software development, peripheral control, real-time behavior, energy management and secure firmware development.
3D printing
Rapid prototyping of housings and mechanical components, integration of printed components into system prototypes and design optimization for manufacturability.

Photograph of a laboratory for embedded systems with several workstations. Each workstation is equipped with a PC.

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Internships and courses

Microcontroller technology - summer semester
Practice-oriented laboratory: peripherals, interrupts, real-time tasks, measurement tasks and a final project experiment.
Signal processing - winter semester
Theory and practice of digital signal processing with implementation tasks on signal processors and microcontrollers as well as measurement and evaluation tasks.
IT project - winter semester
Team project with industry-relevant tasks: System specification, architecture design, implementation, testing and presentation.

Equipment

Equipment and learning environment

Hardware: modern FPGA development boards, various microcontroller families, DSP kits, measuring and debugging equipment.
Manufacturing: 3D printer for prototyping and housing development.
Software: Toolchains for HDL, embedded C/C++, RTOS, ML toolkits for TinyML and tools for performance analysis.
Project work and theses are welcome; we offer support with topic selection, lab time and access to hardware.