REAL TIME SYSTEMS

Contact Hours/ Week :3 Credits : 3

Total Lecture Hours : 39 CIE Marks : 50
Sub. Code :TEPE12 SEE Marks : 50
Pre-requisite: Micro processors, Micro controllers, Embedded Systems and Operating Systems
Course Objective: To understand fundamental concepts and practical constraints to design real-time systems for various
applications.

Unit I
Introduction to real-time systems: RTS Definition, Classification of Real-time Systems, Time constraints,
Classification of Programs
Computer control concepts: Sequence Control, Loop control, Supervisory control, Centralised computer control,
Distributed system, Human-computer interface, Benefits of computer control systems. 8 Hrs

Unit II
Computer hardware requirements: Introduction, Single chip microcontroller, Specialized processors, Process-
related Interfaces.
Communications Languages for real time applications: Introduction to the languages for RTS, Syntax layout
and readability, Modularity and Variables, Control Structure, Exception Handling, Overview of real-time languages.
8 Hrs
Unit III
Design of RTSs: Introduction, Specification document, Preliminary design, Single-program approach,
Foreground/background, Multi-tasking approach, Mutual exclusion. 7 Hrs

Unit IV
RTS development methodologies: Introduction, Yourdon Methodology, Requirement definition for Drying Oven,
Hatley and Pirbhai Method.
Fault tolerance techniques: Introduction, Definitions, what causes Failures, Fault types, Detection and
Containment, Redundancy, Integrated Failure Handling. 8 Hrs

Unit V
Real time operating systems: Introduction, Real-time multi-tasking OS, Scheduling strategies, Priority Structures,
Task management, Scheduler and real-time clock interrupt handles, Memory Management, Code sharing, Resource
control, Task co-operation and communication, Mutual exclusion, Data transfer, Liveness, Minimum OS kernel.
8 Hrs

TEXT BOOKS
1 Stuart Bennet Real - Time Computer Control- An Introduction, 2nd Edn. Pearson Education.
2005
2. C. M. Krishna, Kang. G. Real Time Systems, McGraw Hill, India, 1997.
Shin

REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Phillip. A. Real-Time Systems Design and Analysis , second edition, PHI, 2005.
Laplante
2. Raj Kamal Embedded Systems, Tata McGraw Hill, India, 2008.