Real-Time Embedded Systems: Design Principles and Engineering Practices

Real-Time Embedded Systems: Design Principles and Engineering Practices

<p>This book integrates new ideas and topics from real time systems, embedded systems, and software engineering to give a complete picture of the whole process of developing software for real-time embedded applications. You will not only gain a thorough understanding of concepts related to microprocessors, interrupts, and system boot process, appreciating the importance of real-time modeling and scheduling, but you will also learn software engineering practices such as model documentation, model analysis, design patterns, and standard conformance.</p> <p>This book is split into four parts to help you learn the key concept of embedded systems; Part one introduces the development process, and includes two chapters on microprocessors and interrupts---fundamental topics for software engineers; Part two is dedicated to modeling techniques for real-time systems; Part three looks at the design of software architectures and Part four covers software implementations, with a focus on POSIX-compliant operating systems.</p> <p>With this book you will learn:</p> <ul><li>The pros and cons of different architectures for embedded systems </li><li>POSIX real-time extensions, and how to develop POSIX-compliant real time applications </li><li>How to use real-time UML to document system designs with timing constraints</li><li>The challenges and concepts related to cross-development </li><li>Multitasking design and inter-task communication techniques (shared memory objects, message queues, pipes, signals)</li><li>How to use kernel objects (e.g. Semaphores, Mutex, Condition variables) to address resource sharing issues in RTOS applications </li><li>The philosophy underpinning the notion of "resource manager" and how to implement a virtual file system using a resource manager </li><li>The key principles of real-time scheduling and several key algorithms</li></ul>