Constructing a heterogeneous real-time system

Author

Mostert, Sias

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Stellenbosch Univ., South Africa

fYear

1994

fDate

18-19 May 1994

Firstpage

34

Lastpage

38

Abstract

The construction of a real-time system on heterogeneous hardware platforms, forces one to make choices on which programming language, operating system, development process and application programmers interface to use. The application (a micro-satellite) requirements state that the system must be dependable in a remote and harsh environment such as space. This paper details the choices made and the experience gained from living with the choices made in the development of a micro-satellite and its associated ground support. The emphasis is on simple solutions throughout. The simple solution is important for the verification and validation of the complete system

Keywords

aerospace computing; formal verification; high level languages; operating systems (computers); real-time systems; satellite relay systems; software engineering; telecommunications computing; application programmers interface; application requirements; development process; ground support; harsh environment; heterogeneous hardware platforms; heterogeneous real-time system construction; micro-satellite; operating system; programming language; remote environment; space; validation; verification; Application software; Computer languages; Costs; Ground support; Hardware; Operating systems; Power system reliability; Programming profession; Real time systems; Satellites;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Real-Time Operating Systems and Software, 1994. RTOSS '94, Proceedings., 11th IEEE Workshop on

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5710-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RTOSS.1994.292565

Filename

292565