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Title of subject
Real Time Systems
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Subject code
TRT7021
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Status of subject
Elective
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Credit hour
3
LAN Credit Hours Equivalence: 3.00
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Semester
Year 1, Module 3
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Pre-Requisite
Low-Level Design of Software (TLD7011)
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Methods of teaching
42 Hours of Lecture\Lab
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Assessment
60% Coursework
40% Final Exam
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Teaching staff (Proposed)
Mr. Yeoh Eng Thiam
Mr. Wan Ruslan Yusoff
10. Objective of subject
To introduce and understand the characteristics, issues, challenges
and requirements for the development of real time software
applications.
11. Synopsis of subject
The major areas of study include: Concepts of Real Time (RT)
Application Development, RT Operating Systems, RT Languages,
RT Application Design, RT Application Safety and Security and
RT Application Certification.
Bidang pengajian meliputi: Konsep Pembangunan Applikasi Tepat
Masa (RT – Real Time), Sistem Pengoperasian Tepat Masa,
Bahasa-bahasa Pengstrukturan Tepat Masa, Rekabentuk Applikasi
Tepat Masa, Keselamatan dan Kestabilan Aplikasi Tepat Masa,
serta Pensijilan Applikasi Tepat Masa.
By the end of the subject, students should be able to:
12. Learning Outcomes
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Understand the characteristics and issues in RT application
development
Understand the different architectures and designs of RT
applications
Understand the important issues in RT Application Design and
their representations in UML2 (STP) Profile
Understand the use of different programming languages in RT
application development
Understand RT Application Safety, Security and Certification
requirements
Programme Outcomes
% of
contribution
13. Details of subject
Acquisition and broadening of knowledge in
advanced concepts and best practices in software
engineering and software architecture.
Strengthening of practical, analytical and
management skills in software engineering and
software architecture.
Enhancing professional skills in career-related
areas
Adaptability and passion for learning
35%
Cultivation
of
innovative
minds
and
development of entrepreneurial skills
Understanding moral, professional ethics and
responsibility
Total
5%
Topics Covered
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30%
20%
5%
5%
100%
Hours
Introduction to Real Time (RT) Systems
Definitions and Classifications: RT systems,
Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS), Real
Time Programming Languages (C/C++, Java
and Ada95/2005). Three views of Real Time
systems development - the approaches taken by
Systems Engineers, Hardware Engineers and
Software Engineers.
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Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
Characteristics of Real-time operating system
(RTOS), Kernel Pre-emptibility, Timing, Tasks,
Handling Interrupts, Scheduler. Clocks and High
Resolution Time.
Open Source RTOS: (RTLinuxFree, RTAI,
LXRT, FreeRTOS, eCOS, etc)
Proprietary RTOS – (Vxworks, LynxOS,
QNX,
MontaVista
Linux,
RTLinuxPro,
Windows XP Embedded etc).
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UML 2 Design for RT Systems
RT Design Overview - Requirements
Architecture, Object Architecture, Software
Architecture, System Architecture, RT Design Context Diagram. RT UML, Support for RealTime Perspective. CASE Tools for UML2 –
Artisan Studio, Umbrello, Rational Rose.
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UML Profile for Schedulability,
Performance, and Time (STP Profile).
Use Case Diagram, State Transition Diagram,
State
Event
Matrix,
Non-functional
Requirements, Class Diagram, Sequence
Diagram, Collaboration Diagram, Concurrency
Diagram, Table Relationships Diagram, System
Architecture Diagram. RT Design patterns.
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The Real Time Languages (C/C++, Ada,
Java)
Real Time Specification for Java (RTSJ) Threads, Scheduling, Memory Management,
Synchronization, Clock Time, Timers,
Asynchrony and Exceptions.
RT Java Features and Performance for RT
Embedded Systems. Interoperability with nonRT code, tradeoffs in real-time development,
and RT issues for the JVM software, Garbage
collection, non-heap access, physical and
"immortal"
memory,
and
constant-time
allocation of non-heap memory, Priority
scheduling, deadline scheduling, and rate
monotonic analysis, Closures, asynchronous
transfer of control, asynchronous events, and
timers.
RT Programming language comparisons and
implementations: Java, C/C++ and Ada.
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RT Software Safety & Security (S3)
The Ravenscar Profile, High Integrity and
Efficient Real Time Systems. The Ravenscar
profile: - Ada tasking features designed for a
high-integrity hard real-time system, is defined
by noting which features are allowed, which are
disallowed, what dynamic semantics are
required and how the restrictions can be
represented.
Certification of Real Time Systems DO-178B
Compliance - Software Considerations in
Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification
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ACS, C4ISR - Special Topics on RT Systems
ACS – Embedded Automotive Control System.
C4ISR – Command, Control, Computers,
Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance.
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Total Contact Hours
42
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14. Text
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Real-Time Systems
Development by Rob Williams,
Publisher: ButterworthHeinemann (December 3, 2005)
ISBN: 0750664711
2.
Real-Time Systems :
Scheduling, Analysis, and
Verification by Albert M. K.
Cheng, Publisher: WileyInterscience (August 12, 2002)
ISBN: 0471184063
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Real Time UML: Advances in
the UML for Real-Time Systems
(3rd Edition) (Addison-Wesley
Object Technology Series)
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Professional; 3 edition (February
17, 2004) ISBN: 0321160762
Embedded Control Systems in
C/C++: An Introduction for
Software Developers Using
Matlab by Jim Ledin, Publisher:
CMP Books; Bk&CD-Rom
edition (January 2004) ISBN:
1578201276
Concurrent and Real-Time
Programming in Java by
Andrew Wellings, Publisher: John
Wiley & Sons (November 15,
2004) ISBN: 047084437X
Real-Time
Java
Platform
Programming by Peter C.
Dibble, Publisher: Prentice Hall
PTR; 1st edition (March 11, 2002)
ISBN: 0130282618
Programming in Ada 2005 by
John Barnes, Publisher: Addison
Wesley; Bk&CD-Rom edition
(August 11, 2006) Language:
English ISBN: 0321340787
Real Time Systems and
Programming Languages: Ada
95, Real-Time Java and RealTime C/POSIX (3rd Edition) by
Alan Burns, Andy Wellings,
Publisher: Addison Wesley; 3rd
edition (April 5, 2001)ISBN:
0201729881
The Real-Time Specification for
Java by Gregory Bollella (Editor),
Benjamin Brosgol, James Gosling,
Peter Dibble, Steve Furr, Mark
Turnbull, Publisher: Addison
Wesley Longman; 1st edition
(January 15, 2000) ISBN:
0201703238
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