An Embedded Operating System Design for the Lunar Exploration Rover

Author

Qiao, Lei ; Yang, Mengfei ; Gu, Bin ; Yang, Hua ; Liu, Bo

Author_Institution

Beijing Inst. of Control Eng., Beijing, China

fYear

2011

fDate

27-29 June 2011

Firstpage

160

Lastpage

165

Abstract

Lunar exploration rover (LER) system needs a computer to manage its hardware resources and activities. The complex LER functions make operating system a necessary choice as the system software. This paper presents an embedded real-time operating system used on LER computer which includes the modules of task management, memory management, inter-task communication, flash file system, extensive services and some methods to improve the reliability and safety. This new LER OS will satisfy the lunar exploration task efficiently and reliably.

Keywords

aerospace engineering; embedded systems; lunar surface; operating systems (computers); planetary rovers; space vehicles; storage management; LER computer; embedded real-time operating system; flash file system; hardware resources; intertask communication; lunar exploration rover system; memory management; reliability; safety; system software; task management; Computers; Earth; Hardware; Mars; Moon; Operating systems; CPS; Lunar Exploration Rover; embedded system; operating system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Secure Software Integration & Reliability Improvement Companion (SSIRI-C), 2011 5th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Jeju Island

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0781-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-4454-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SSIRI-C.2011.39

Filename

6004518