Study Guide

Objective

Student knows the basics of real-time operating systems. Student understands the principle of multitasking that is important in implementing embedded and real-time systems. Student can use services of the real-time operating system and design a real-time application which consists of several processes and communications between them.

Content

- Device-oriented C programming
- Real-time system concepts
- Kernel structure
- Task management and concurrency
- Change of state and state diagrams
- Timetables
- Mutexes and semaphores
- Problems of simultaneity
- Interrupt management

Materials

Teacher's lecture materials.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Student knows the basics of real-time operating systems. Student can design a simple real-time application.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Student knows the basics of real-time operating systems. Student understands the principle of multitasking that is important in implementing embedded and real-time systems. Student can use services of the real-time operating system and design a real-time application which consists of several processes and communications between them.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Student knows the principles of real-time operating systems well. Student understands the principle of multitasking that is important in implementing embedded and real-time systems. Student can use services of the real-time operating system and design a complex real-time application which consists of several processes and communications between them.