Title :
The design of a real-time system for simulators and trainers
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, FL, USA
Abstract :
The author describes the design of a host/target multiprocessor system with distributed memory, which addresses a class of real-time problems that operate in a synchronized environment with rapid response to external events, such as real-time simulators and trainers. The unique needs of trainers and simulators are addressed through the implementation of a mirror memory and a distributed database supported by broadcasting writes and interrupts in a tightly-coupled host/target architecture. A special software development tool has been developed, referred to as the Application Worksheet, which provides real-time deadline scheduling and inter-processor triggering required in most simulator and trainer applications
Keywords :
distributed memory systems; multiprocessing programs; multiprocessing systems; real-time systems; scheduling; special purpose computers; synchronisation; Application Worksheet; VME bus; broadcasting writes; distributed database; distributed memory; host/target multiprocessor system; inter-processor triggering; interrupts; mirror memory; real-time deadline scheduling; real-time system; simulators; software development tool; synchronized environment; trainers; Application software; Broadcasting; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Discrete event simulation; Distributed databases; Mirrors; Multiprocessing systems; Processor scheduling; Real time systems;
Conference_Titel :
Real-Time Applications, 1993., Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-4130-4
DOI :
10.1109/RTA.1993.263123
