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By
Rob Williams, Principal lecturer in Computing, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
Description
Real-time Systems Development is a text for computing students who want to understand more about the development of software
for real-time applications, involving concurrent programming, multi-tasking, data i/o and embedded processors.
The book has been written
to cover single semester final year undergraduate options or MSc modules in the area of real-time systems design and implementation.
Assuming a certain level of general systems design and programming experience, this text will extend students knowledge and skills into
an area of computing which has increasing relevance in a modern world of telecommunications and ?intelligent? equipment using embedded
microcontrollers.
Audience
Primary: Advanced undergraduate Computer Science students
Secondary: MSc students, undergraduate software engineering and electronic engineering students
Contents
Introduction to Real-time Systems; Implementing a Simple Real-time System; Basic Input and Output; Cyclic Executives for Bare Hardware;
Finite State Machines - Design Tool; Finite State Machines - Implementation Options; Why Multitask?; Task Communication and Synchronization;
Real-time Executives; Input / Output Interfaces; Structured Design for Real-time Systems; Designing for Multitasking; UML for Real-time
Systems; Object Oriented Approach to Real-time Systems; System Integrity; Selecting Languages for RTS Development - C, Ada & Java; Cross
Development Techniques; Microcontroller Embedded Systems; Linux Device Drivers; Hardware / Software Co-design; Appendix A. Software Debugging
with an Oscilloscope; Solutions and Discussion of Example Problems; Glossary; Index
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Paperback, 320 pages, publication date: OCT-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-6471-4
ISBN-10: 0-7506-6471-1
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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