This course can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5315, part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree.
Real-Time Embedded Systems Concepts and Practices
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Real-Time Embedded Systems Concepts and Practices
This course is part of Real-Time Embedded Systems Specialization
Instructor: Sam Siewert
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A beginning practitioner's understanding of rate monotonic theory, analysis, and practices for embedded systeems.
Implementation of real-time services as POSIX threads.
Difference between Linux user space and kernel space.
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There are 4 modules in this course
This module gives an introduction to real-time theory , challenges faced in designing real-time systems and scheduling policies implemented while comparing the Linux POSIX real-time threads to RTOS and MFE systems.
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8 videos6 readings4 quizzes2 programming assignments1 peer review1 discussion prompt
This module describes the utility curves used for analysis of real-time systems along with Rate Monotonic Scheduling Policy and its Least Upper Bound Condition. It also describes the absolute time and date standards which are critical parameters for real-time services.
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7 videos3 readings3 quizzes1 programming assignment2 peer reviews
This module covers the methods of sequencing of service requests along with software scheduling and real-time scheduling policies.
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13 videos1 reading2 quizzes2 peer reviews
This module discusses the use of multi core microprocessors for real-time applications and gives an overview of RTOS Options (Open and Proprietary) and OS with POSIX Real-Time Extensions for real-time systems.
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4 videos2 readings2 quizzes1 programming assignment3 peer reviews
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