Embedded Systems
Issued by
UCSC Silicon Valley Extension
Individuals designed function-specific computer and communication systems, including mobile devices, the Internet of Things, networking equipment, and industrial electronics. They have debugged and synthesized digital logic for ASICs, PGAs, and IP cores; understood the basics of embedded hardware design; differentiated between types of jitter; decoded IO technologies, including PCI Express, ethernet and fibre channel; and used analog and digital switch-mode power supplies.
- Type Learning
- Level Advanced
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Skills
Earning Criteria
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Completed one core course in one of the hardware design tracks: Embedded Firmware Essentials; Embedded Linux Design and Programming; Embedded System Hardware Architectures, Introduction; Practical Design with Xilinx FPGAs; or Real-Time Embedded Systems Programming, Introduction; as well as at least three electives. Earned 14 units. Met all requirements for a UCSC Silicon Valley Certificate in Embedded Systems.
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Individuals in the UCSC Silicon Valley Extension Embedded Systems certificate program can earn credit toward an M.S. in Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Platteville.