An introduction to real-time systems : from design to multitasking with C/C++

Title:

Personal Author:

Buhr, R. J. A.

Publication Information:

Upper Saddle River, NJ. : Prentice-Hall, 1999

ISBN:

9780136060703

Subject Term:

Real-time data processing

C (Computer program language)

C++ (Computer program language)

Added Author:

Bailey, D. L.

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Introduces the nature of real-time, concurrent, distributed systems, presenting a specific set of techniques for designing and implementing such systems. This text develops a systems way of thinking about software that is intended to serve readers throughout their careers.

Preface	p. xi
1 A System View of Real-Time Software	p. 1
1.1 Outline of the Approach	p. 2
1.2 Wiring Diagrams	p. 4
1.3 Path Diagrams	p. 9
1.4 Structurally Dynamic Systems	p. 11
1.5 "Real-Time" Versus "Fast"	p. 12
1.6 Other Notations	p. 13
1.7 Summary	p. 14
2 Programming with the Tempo Kernel: Concurrent Processes	p. 15
2.1 Tempo Processes--A First Example	p. 15
2.2 Programs with Multiple Processes	p. 22
2.3 Interprocess Communication Using Semaphores	p. 32
2.4 Packaging Components	p. 48
2.5 Summary	p. 53
3 Programming with the Tempo Kernel: Processing Real-Time Events	p. 55
3.1 A Real-Time Producer/Consumer Program	p. 55
3.2 Process Execution and Interrupts	p. 61
3.3 Summary	p. 67
4 Programming with the Tempo Kernel: Advanced IPC	p. 69
4.1 Event Queues and Process Synchronization	p. 69
4.2 Event Queues and Message Passing	p. 72
4.3 Selectively Receiving Signals and Messages	p. 81
4.4 Timeouts	p. 85
4.5 Summary	p. 87
5 Basic Design Notations	p. 89
5.1 Components	p. 91
5.2 Collaboration Graphs (CGS)	p. 101
5.3 Use Case Maps (UCMS)	p. 120
5.4 Summary	p. 133
6 Design Case Study: Message Transfer Utility (MTU)	p. 135
6.1 The Problem	p. 135
6.2 Let the Paths Tell You About the Processes	p. 138
6.3 Let the Maps Guide You to the Wiring	p. 143
6.4 Summary	p. 155
7 Design Case Study: Refining the MTU	p. 157
7.1 Failure and Recovery	p. 157
7.2 Maps as Design Patterns	p. 163
7.3 Performance and Complexity Issues	p. 172
7.4 Summary	p. 174
8 Implementation Case Study: Programming the MTU	p. 175
8.1 Finishing the High-Level Design for the MTU	p. 175
8.2 Mapping the MTU Collaboration Graph to Code	p. 188
8.3 Building the MTU in Stages	p. 219
8.4 Summary	p. 222
9 Structurally Dynamic Systems	p. 223
9.1 The Approach in a Nutshell	p. 223
9.2 Full Structural Dynamics	p. 225
9.3 Partial Structural Dynamics	p. 234
9.4 Summary	p. 238
10 A Look Inside the Tempo Kernel	p. 239
10.1 Tempo Viewed in Terms of Components	p. 240
10.2 Visualizing Tempo's Behavior	p. 243
10.3 Mapping Tempo Components to C++	p. 252
10.4 Using Full C++ with Tempo	p. 266
10.5 Summary	p. 274
11 Perspectives on Issues	p. 275
11.1 What a Student Can Take to the Real World	p. 276
11.2 What a Student will Find in the Real World	p. 277
11.3 Design: The Process versus the Product	p. 281
11.4 Summary	p. 282
Appendix A Tempo Reference Manual	p. 283
Appendix B Collaboration Graph Reference Manual	p. 301
Appendix C Programming Interrupt Controllers and UARTs	p. 325
Appendix D Reading List and Bibliography	p. 343
Index	p. 347

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