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Terminated in academic year 2021/2022

Real Time Operating Systems

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 450-4009/01
Abbreviation OSRČ
Course title Real Time Operating Systems
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Zdeněk Slanina, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
1. Base Functions of Operating Systems. Real-time control tasks and their realization
2. Operating Systems Dividing - Real Time Operating Systems - RTOS and non RTOS systems.
3. Characteristics of RT Operating Systems. Comparing RTOS and non-RTOS systems.
4. RT Processes and Multitasking, Realization in RT Tasks. RT Processes Scheduling - Preemptive, RT and non RT. Planning Methods - Cyclic, Priorities, etc.
5. Processes and Events Synchronization in RTOS. Time condition in RT tasks.
6. Inter-processes Communications in RTOS - Synchronous and Asynchronous. Messages and Signal Passing, Time deadlines.
7. Memory Control in RTOS, Compare with non-RTOS Systems. Fixed and Dynamic Memory Allocation. Bit Maps and Linked Lists Memory Management, Fragmentation and Defragmentation.
8. RT Devices Drivers. Inputs and Outputs Devices. Compare with Standard Drivers. Dividing and functions of Drivers. Interrupts Handling and Communication with Devices.
9. Files Management System and Directories. Compare RTOS and non-RTOS systems. System Safety and Security in RTOS.
10. Standard POSIX for RTOS. Overview of Using RTOS and their Dividing, Standard: QNX, VxWorks, RT Linux, RTX, etc., for RT Embedded Systems: Embedded QNX, OSEK, etc., for soft RT Embedded Systems: Micro Linux, Windows CE, Windows XP Embedded, etc.
11. Operating System Selection for Control Applications.
12. Real-time Operating Systems Development Perspectives.

Projects:
All students received 2 individual projects or one semester project, which are disposed on computer.

Laboratories:
1. QNX Operating System Introducing.
2. Architecture QNX Operating System. Submission of the First Individual Task.
3. Tasks Programming in Multitask System and Their Inter-connections. Processes, Threads and their Characteristic.
4. Communication Tasks between RT Processes or Threads.
5. Planning RT Processes Tasks and theirs Deadlines.
6. RT Process Interrupts Handling Tasks.
7. Using MMU in RT Tasks.
8. Files Management and Safety RT Tasks. Submission of the Second Individual Task
9. Tasks in Second RTOS, e.g. RT Embedded Systems.
10. Task Programming Second RTOS.
11. Credit Work.

Literature

Valvano, J.: Embedded Systems: Real-Time Operating Systems for Arm Cortex M Microcontrollers. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 0002- edition (January 3, 2012). ISBN-13: 978-1466468863 .
Cheng A.M.K.: Real-Time Systems Sheduling, Analysis and Verification, J. Wiley 2002
Tanenbaum A.S., Operating Systems - Design and Implementation (3rd Edition). Prentice Hall; 3 edition (January 14, 2006), ISBN-13: 978-0131429383 .
Laplante, P.A., Ovaska, S.J.: Real-Time Systems Design and Analysis: Tools for the Practitioner. Wiley-IEEE Press; 4 edition (November 22, 2011). ISBN-13: 978-0470768648 .
Kopetz, H.: Real-Time Systems: Design Principles for Distributed Embedded Applications (Real-Time Systems Series). Springer; 2nd ed. 2011 edition (April 20, 2011). ISBN-13: 978-1441982360 .

Advised literature

Northcutt J.D.: Mechanismus for Reliable Distributed Real-Time Operating Systems, The Alfa Kernel, Academic Press 1987