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_1, lec07_2
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 sharing and management	lec08
16.01.2020	Lab	Implementation of resource sharing protocols	lab06
23.01.2020	Lab	Implementation of resource sharing protocols
23.01.2020	Lab

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