Embedded
systems are created to perform specific tasks with real-time computing
constraints. The program instructions written for embedded systems are referred
to as firmware, and are stored in the ROM. Using both the by using the software
and hardware components, embedded systems can solve programming problems with a
programmable device. This paper describes how we implemented and examined the
development of an embedded system, namely the Printrbot: Simple Maker’s Edition
(Model 1405). It is a 3D printer that is manufactured by Printrbot Inc, an
American company that specializes in embedded 3D printers. A Printrboard acts
as the motherboard for the 3D printer. Other parts include wooden parts,
motors, etc... The mission is to assemble the 3D printer, create a blueprint
for an object to be printed, and print the object.
Team Members:
Coordinator: Dr. Stefan Andrei
Lamar
University
Department of Computer Science
Beaumont, Texas
Department of Computer Science
Beaumont, Texas
About The Instructor:
Stefan Andrei received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Computer Science from Cuza University in Iasi, Romania in 1994 and 1995, respectively, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Hamburg University, Germany in 2000. Upon completing his Ph.D., Dr. Andrei returned as an Assistant Professor in Romania at Cuza University of Iasi. He worked from 2002 to 2005 as a Research Fellow under the Singapore-MIT Alliance and as a Visiting Assistant Professor with the National University of Singapore's School of Computing from 2005 to 2007.
He joined Department of Computer Science at Lamar University as an Assistant Professor in 2007 and he became an Associate Professor in 2010 and the Department's Chair in 2013. His research interests are in real-time embedded systems, software verification, and programming analysis. He has published more than eighty refereed scientific papers and co-authored eight textbooks. In addition, he has nineteen years of computer science teaching experience. His papers have more than 150 non-self citations.
Dr. Andrei has been a program committee member or a co-chair for more than 32 international conferences, mainly from the real-time embedded systems and software engineering area. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Scientific Journals International (SJI). He has given invited research seminars at several universities and private industrial organizations.
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