Real-Time Operating Systems

Code

IT-RTO1

Version

1.0

Offered by

ICT Engineering

ECTS

Prerequisites

ESW1 (C programming) and CAO1 (Computer Architecture and Organization) or similar courses.

Main purpose

The purpose is to qualify the student to understand and master the concepts of Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS).

The course will provide students with the qualifications needed to make programs for FreeRTOS and analyze them.

Knowledge

After having completed the course, the student will have gained knowledge about algorithms, methods, techniques, tools, and applications within the following:
- Scheduling – RMS, DMPO, Arbitrary Deadlines, EDF
- Memory management
- Concepts of Real-Time Operating Systems
- Deadlocks, priority inversion etc.
- Semaphores and mutexes
- Synchronization
- Priority - static, dynamic

Skills

Having completed this course, the student should be able to:

- Write real-time programs in C using FreeRTOS
- Analyze a simple real-time design for schedulability, deadlocks, priority inversion, utilization etc.

Competences

Having completed this course, students should be able to:
- analyze/design/describe and construct real-time programs in FreeRTOS
- understand timers and clocks, and how they are used in real-time programming
- understand synchronization avoiding dead-locks and priority inversion
- understand memory management, resource sharing and control

Topics

Teaching methods and study activities

Activities change between theory, tasks, practical exercises.

Resources

Notes and on-line books.

Evaluation

Examination

Exam prerequisites:
None

Type of exam:
Individual oral exam, 20 min.
Exam is based upon an assignment handed in before deadline.
Internal assessment

Tools allowed:
Laptop

Re-exam:
Same as the ordinary exam.

Grading criteria

Grading based on the Danish 7-point scale.

Additional information

Responsible

Lars Bech Sørensen (lbs)

Valid from

2/1/2025 12:00:00 AM

Course type

Keywords

Real-time Programming, C Programming, FreeRTOS, Real-time concepts, Tasks, Scheduling, RMS, DMPO, Arbitrary Deadlines, EDF, Queues, Timers, Memory management, Resource sharing, Semaphores and mutexes, Synchronization, Priority Inversion, Priority: static and dynamic.