Real-Time Systems, HT 2015
Lecturers: Wang Yi, Philipp Rümmer
Assistant: Syed Md Jakaria Abdullah, Aleksandar Zeljic
Version 1DT063 (5hp): Follow the basic topics, do labs 1 and 3, take the exam.
Version 1DT004 (10hp): Follow all topics, do all labs, take the exam.
Course Start: Mon, 2015-08-31, 8:15, room 2247
Exam: Fri, 2015-10-21
Course Contents
The aim of the course is to introduce a special class of time-sensitive computer systems known as real-time systems whose behavior must satisfy timing-constraints (i.e. deadlines). They are often embedded in safety-critical applications such as modern vehicles, process control, and traffic control etc, and therefore they are also known as embedded systems.
In particular, the 5hp course variant covers these topics:
- Real-Time Operating Systems
- Real Time Programming Languages
- Scheduling Theory and Resource Management
- Worst-Case Execution Time and Response Time Analysis
- Real-Time Communication and Distributed Systems
The 10hp course variant additionally covers the following advanced topics:
- Multiprocessor systems
- Workload models
- Design and Verification
Course Material
Literature
The lectures and slides of the course are self-contained. For further reading, the following books can be consulted, but they are not necessary to pass the course or exam.
- Hard Real Time Computing Systems - Predictable Scheduling Algorithms and Applications, Giorgio Buttazzo, Springer, 2005. A PDF of the book is available from the university library.
- Real-Time Systems and Programming Languages, Alan Burns and Andy Wellings, Addison Wesley, 2001.
- Real Time Systems, Jane W.S. Liu, Prentice Hall, 2000.
- Notes (pdf) by Hansson and Tindell
Slides
The slides used in the lectures will be made available during the course
and linked on the schedule page.
Further Reading
- In the text book by Giorgio C Buttazzo:
- Chap 1 - 5, 7.1-7.4
- Chap 9.1-9.6
- Chap 11
- In the text book by Jane W. S. Liu:
- Chap 1: read through
- Chap 2: read all sections
- Chap 3: read 3.1-3.4 and read through 3.5-3.9
- Chap 4: read all sections except 4.8
- Chap 5: read all sections
- Chap 6: read all sections
- Chap 7: read through all sections except 7.4, 7.8 and 7.9
- Chap 8: read all sections except 8.9 and 8.10
- Chap 9: read all sections except 9.7
- Chap 12: read 12.1-12.3
- In the text book by Burns and Wellings:
- Chap 1, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13
Lab assignments
The course offers four lab assignments:
- Real-Time Programming using Ada
- Programming in RTOS using OSEK and LEGO Mindstorms NXT
- Response Time Analysis using FpsCalc
- Modeling and Verification using UPPAAL
For each lab assignment, you need to hand in a report. You need to get a "passed" on all reports. Presence during lab hours is optional but highly recommended.
Deadlines: Each lab has a deadline and you should hand in your report before the deadline. Hand-ins after the deadline will still be graded, but won't get any bonus points (see below) and are checked with much lower priority. However, after 1.12., we do not grade any hand-ins anymore. You will have to wait until the next course in autumn next year. Please take this seriously.
Exam
Your performance in the course is examined by a written exam in the end of the course; more information on the exam will be provided in due time.
Note: In order to pass the course, you need to pass the exam and all lab assignments.
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