Homepage for the course "Real-Time Operating Systems Design and Implementation" in WS 2019/2020

 

Announcements and updates:

• There is no need for a registeration for the first lecture on 10.10.2019.
• Please register for the exercise through the ASSESS system (It will be opend from 10.10 until 17.10.2019 10:00).

 

Course:

Real-Time Operating Systems Design and Implementation

 

Overview:

Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) are very important to maintain the timeliness of the response in embedded systems. This course will discuss the kernel of real-time operating systems and how to design timing predictable systems for safety-critical and robust applications, such as robotic and automotive systems. The lectures will introduce the theoretical basis of RTOSes, and emphasize hands-on design and implementation of an RTOS.

In this course, we mainly focus on FreeRTOS, which is supported by Amazon Web Services as a specific solution for Internet of Things.

Organization:

• Start of course: 10.10.2019
• Classroom sessions: Thursdays 10:15-11:45, 12:15-13:45 (or a block session from 10:15 to 13:15), CILAB U08, OH16
• Semester: Wintersemester 2019/20
• Language: English
• Prerequisites: Embedded Systems
  
  • Desirable skills: Basic knowledge of Operating Systems and C Programming
• Credits: 6
• Exam: Oral exam (The student should achieve at least 50% of the total exercises points to enter the exam).
• Lecturer: Dr.-Ing. Kuan-Hsun Chen
• Reference books:
  • Richard Barry, “Using the FreeRTOS Real Time Kernel - a Practical Guide,” Real Time Engineers Ltd, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-4467-6274-5
  • Giorgio C. Buttazzo, “Hard Real-Time Computing Systems: Predictable Scheduling Algorithms and Applications”, Springer, Third Edition, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-4614-0675-4

 

 

Schedule:

Lecture slides and lab sheets will be added during the semester. You can find the similar material of the last year here. 

 

Date	Lecture/Lab	Topic	Material
10.10.2019	Lecture	Introduction and organization	lec01
17.10.2019	Due to unexpected conflict with the other lectures, this lecture is postponed one week.
24.10.2019	Lecture	Real-time operating systems	lec02_1, lec02_2
24.10.2019	Lab	Getting started with FreeRTOS	lab01
31.10.2019	Lecture	Real-time tasks	lec03
31.10.2019	Lab	Task management (Part A)	lab02
07.11.2019	Lab	Task management (Part B) - Stop watch
07.11.2019	Lab
14.11.2019	Lecture is canceled
21.11.2019	Lecture	Queues	lec04
21.11.2019	Lab	Queues - Shared Printer and Priority Queues	lab03
28.11.2019	Lecture	Interrupts	lec05
28.11.2019	Lab	Interrupt management (Part A)	lab04
05.12.2019	Lecture	Task execution	lec06_1
05.12.2019	Lab	Interrupt management (Part B)	lab04
12.12.2019	Lecture	Schedulers	lec06_2
12.12.2019	Lab	Scheduler design - EDF	lab05
19.12.2019	Lecture	Bootstrap, memory management and troubleshooting	lec07
19.12.2019	Lab	Scheduler design - EDF	lab05
26.12.2019	(Holiday)
02.01.2020
09.01.2020	Lab	EDF submission and evaluation	lab05
09.01.2020	Lab
16.01.2020	Lecture	Resource management	lec08_1, lec08_2
16.01.2020	Lab	Implementation of resource reservation servers	lab06
23.01.2020	Lab	Implementation of resource reservation servers
23.01.2020	Lab

Note: This schedule is subject to change during the semester.