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Real-Time Embedded Components & Systems
The emergence of new soft real-time applications such as DVRs (Digital Video Recorders) and other multimedia devices has caused an explosion in the number of embedded real-time systems in use and development. Many engineers working on these emergent products could use a practical and in depth primer on how to apply real-time theory to get products
to market quicker, with fewer problems, and better performance. Real-Time Embedded Systems and Components introduces practicing engineers and advanced students of engineering to real-time theory, function, and tools applied to embedded applications. The first portion of the book provides in-depth background on the origins of real-time theory including rate monotonic and dynamic scheduling. From there, it explores the use of rate monotonic theory for hard real-time applications commonly used in aircraft flight systems, satellites, telecommunications, and medical systems. Engineers also learn about dynamic scheduling for use in soft real-time applications such as video on demand, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), and video gaming. Sample code is presented and analyzed based upon Linux and VxWorks operating systems running on a standard Intel architecture PC. Finally, readers will be able to build working robotics, video, machine vision, or VoIP projects using low-cost resources and approaches to gain hands on real-time application experience. Real-Time Embedded Systems and Components is the one single text that provides an in-depth introduction to the theory along with real world examples of how to apply it.
Contents:
Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: System Resources; Chapter 3: Processing; Chapter 4: I/O; Chapter 5: Memory; Chapter 6:Multi-Resource Services; Chapter 7: Soft Real-Time Services; Chapter 8: Embedded System Components; Chapter 9: Debugging Components; Chapter 10: Performance Tuning; Chapter 11: High Availability and Reliability Design; Chapter 12: System Life-Cycle; Chapter 13: Continuous Media Applications; Chapter 14: Robotic Applications; Chapter 15: Computer Vision Applications; Appendix A About the CD-ROM; Glossary
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