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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

12857 (v.2) Real-Time Systems 404

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Area: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Fortnightly
Laboratory: 1 x 3 Hours Fortnightly
Prerequisite(s): 12855 (v.4) Embedded Systems Engineering 301 or any previous version
Syllabus: Overview of tasking concepts. Real-time scheduling: rate monotonic algorithm and priority ceiling protocol. Static versus dynamic scheduling. Real-time kernels. Real-time case studies: cruise control, robot controller, elevator control and distributed factory automation system. Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. Quality control. Fault tolerance. Formal methods. Specifications, testing and maintenance of real-time systems. UML.
Field of Education: 031303 Electronic Engineering
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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