Dr. Salamah Salamah  

Office phone: (915)-747-6671   Email: isalamah@utep.edu

CS 5372 Specification and Design of Real-Time Systems

Course Description

The course presents the concepts of real-time software systems from the user, designer, and programmer viewpoint. The connection of an external process to a digital computer by means of hardware and software interface is discussed. The structure, programming, and basic properties of real-time systems are described with an overview of system software. Related topics as interrupts, concurrent task synchronization and communication, sharing resources, schedulability and reliability are discussed. Real-time software development in a host-target environment is presented. Required is knowledge of computer operations including input/output, interrupt interface, and familiarity with operating systems concepts, and software engineering lifecycle. Required is proficiency in a high level language programming (a working knowledge of C) including passing data between program modules, operating with input/output, and using memory resources. The hands- on laboratory experiments working outside the class time with the host-target Wind River System environment in your own machine are integral part of the course.

Course Material

• Course Syllabus
• Short C Tutorial
• Wind River Workbench Guide
• vxWorks Reference
• vxWorks Kernel Image Setup in Wind River Workbench
• Establishing a Connection to Wind River Workbench's Simmulator
• Video - Setting up VPN and DNS Suffixes
• Video - Using Wind River License and Setting Firewall Rules
• Video - Establishing Connection with the Saberlite Board
• Video - Running HelloWorld Program on the External Saberlite Board

Lecture Slides

• Lecture 1 - Introduction

• Lecture 2 - Platforms & RTOS

• Lecture 3 - Concurrency & Tasking

• Lecture 4 - Concurrency and Real-Time Semaphores

• Lecture 5 - Real-Time Messages

• Lecture 6 - Real-Time Timing, Events and Objects

• Lecture 7 - Real-Time I/O, Partitioning, and Memory

• Lecture 8 - Real-Time Exceptions, Interrupts, Signals

• Lecture 9 - Real-Time Software Design Issues

Lab Assignments

• Lab Report Format and Grading Rubric

• Lab 1: Hardware Execution

• Lab 2: Task Control

• Lab 3: Synchronization and Semaphores

• Lab 4: Communication and Message Queues

• Lab 5: Watchdog and Function Timing

• Lab 6: Serial Communication & Device Control