Real-Time Programming
36 hours face to face + blended
One Semester or equivalent
Hawthorn
Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students
Overview
This unit of study aims to teach how to program concurrent real-time systems.
Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Describe the behaviour of concurrent processes including the major states and the characteristics of real-time systems (K2, K3)
- Describe the implementation of real-time systems on single processor systems, including interrupts, real-time clock, pre-emption and time-slicing (K2, K3)
- Determine sample actual response times and predict worst-case response times using relevant graphical representations and formulae (K2, K3)
- Design hard real-time software using a suitable design methodology (K2, K3, S2)
- Analyse a specification of a complex hardware system requiring real-time control and identify required functionality and parameters (A4, K1, K2, K3, S1, S2, S3)
- Construct control software for a complex real-time system in a suitable high-level language (K2, K3, S1, S2)
- Describe in detail the features of a high-level language for programming real-time systems (A2)
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
---|---|---|---|
On-campus Lecture | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
On-campus Class | 1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 9.50 | 12 weeks | 114 |
TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
---|---|---|---|
Assignment | Individual | 40% | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
Examination | Individual | 40% | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
Mid-Semester Test | Individual | 20% | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
Content
- IntroductionÂ
- Conventional Software vs. Real-time Software
- Real-time Programming Models
- Concurrency
- Processes and States
- Process Modelling
- Concurrent Execution
- Shared Objects, Mutual Exclusion, and Monitors
- Timed Systems
- Cyclic Executive
- Asymptotic Running Time Analysis
- O(n), Θ(n), ω(n), o(n)
- Master Theorem
- Scheduling
- Automata
- Safety and Liveness
- Kripke Structures
- Temporal Logic
- LTL
- CTL
- MTL
- Property Specification Pattern
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.