EEE499 Real-Time Embedded Systems Introduction & Course Outline

EEE499 Course Intro - 2 Outline  Context of Real-Time Systems  Course Overview & Marking  Resources  Notes  Texts  Rules of Engagement

EEE499 Course Intro - 3 Why teach Real-Time Systems?  prevalence of real-time software today  important systems engineering subject  scarcity of subject knowledge & experience  particularly in the military context

EEE499 Course Intro - 4 Real-Time Systems : Context  one of the System topics  “hard” software engineering E-MPowerCircuitsDigital  Procs Programming Comm Robotics Control Real-Time Systems Op SysOOADComp ArchVLSI Digital Signal Processing Distributed Computing

EEE499 Course Intro - 5 Course Overview  modeling of real-time systems  from requirements to executable detailed designs  design focused  prerequisites:  OOA&D  UML  an OO programming language (Java, C++)

EEE499 Course Intro - 6 Marking Scheme  Laboratories (3)10%  labs 1 & 2 (Pass/Fail - required to pass midterm)  lab 3 (10%)  Midterm (practical)15%  Quizes10%  Schedulability (5%)  Reliability (5%)  Group Project (NCSS)20%  6 week mini project  Final Exam45%

EEE499 Course Intro - 7 Course Notes  website  labs (Word)  tutorials  RoseRT - online

EEE499 Course Intro - 8 Texts  Real-Time Systems and Programming Languages, Second edition  Burns and Wellings, 1997  Real-Time Object-Oriented Modeling  Selic, Gullekson and Ward

EEE499 Course Intro - 9 Rules of Engagement  classroom behavior  arrive on time  participation  mandatory attendance  classes  labs