10EC762 RTS VTU Syllabus

REAL-TIME SYSTEMS

Subject Code	: 10EC762	IA Marks	: 25
No. of Lecture Hrs/Week : 04		Exam Hours	: 03
Total no. of Lecture Hrs. : 52		Exam Marks	: 100

PART – A

UNIT - 1

INTRODUCTION TO REAL-TIME SYSTEMS: Historical background, RTS Definition, Classification of Real-time Systems, Time constraints, Classification of Programs. 6 Hours

UNIT - 2

CONCEPTS OF COMPUTER CONTROL: Introduction, Sequence Control, Loop control, Supervisory control, Centralised computer control, Distributed system, Human-computer interface, Benefits of computer control systems.

6 Hours

UNIT - 3

COMPUTER HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS FOR RTS: Introduction, General purpose computer, Single chip microcontroller, Specialized processors, Process-related Interfaces, Data transfer techniques, Communications, Standard Interface. 7 Hours

UNIT - 4

LANGUAGES FOR REAL-TIME APPLICATIONS: Introduction, Syntax layout and readability, Declaration and Initialization of Variables and Constants, Modularity and Variables, Compilation, Data types, Control Structure, Exception Handling, Low-level facilities, Co routines, Interrupts and Device handling, Concurrency, Real-time support, Overview of real-time

languages.	7 Hours
	PART – B

UNIT - 5 & 6

OPERATING SYSTEMS: Introduction, Real-time multi-tasking OS, Scheduling strategies, Priority Structures, Task management, Scheduler andreal-time clock interrupt handles, Memory Management, Code sharing, Resource control, Task co-operation and communication, Mutual exclusion,

Data transfer, Liveness, Minimum OS kernel, Examples.	14 Hours

DESIGN OF RTSS – GENERAL INTRODUCTION: Introduction, Specification documentation, Preliminary design, Single-program approach, Foreground/background, Multi-tasking approach, Mutual exclusion, Monitors. 6 Hours

UNIT - 8

RTS DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGIES: Introduction, Yourdon Methodology, Requirement definition for Drying Oven, Ward and Mellor Method, Hately and Pirbhai Method. 6 Hours

TEXT BOOKS:

1.Real - Time Computer Control- An Introduction, Stuart Bennet, 2nd

Edn. Pearson Education. 2005.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1.Real-Time Systems Design and Analysis, Phillip. A. Laplante, second edition, PHI, 2005.

2.Real-Time Systems Development, Rob Williams, Elsevier. 2006.

3.Embedded Systems, Raj Kamal, Tata Mc Graw Hill, India, 2005.