Class Information: This class is offered currently with CSE 145 and for all intents and purposes should be treated as the same class. Please refer to the CSE 145 webpage for information CSE 237D class materials, calendar, and other details.

Instructor: Prof. Ryan Kastner (kastner@ucsd)
Office Hours: After class or by appointment

Description: This is an embedded systems project course. You will work on teams on either your own project (with instructor approval) or ongoing projects. Examples from previous years include remote sensing, robotics, 3D scanning, wireless communication, and embedded vision. You can browse examples from previous years for more detailed information. The class time discussions focus on skills for project development and management. We discuss how to give presentations, write technical reports, present elevator pitches, effectively manage teammates, entrepreneurship,  etc.. The grading is primarily based on your project with various tasks and milestones spread across the quarter that are directly related to developing your project. Each project will have multiple presentations over the quarter. The class ends with a final report and final video presentations.

Required Knowledge: A general understanding of some aspects of embedded systems is helpful but not required. The desire to work hard to design, develop, and deploy an embedded system over a short amount of time is a necessity.

Recommended Preparation for Those Without Required Knowledge: Contact Professor Kastner as early as possible to get a better understanding for what is expected and what types of projects will be offered for the next iteration of the class (they vary substantially year to year). This is particularly important if you want to propose your own project.