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Real-Time Programming

Unit Code: HIT3047

Duration	Contact Hours	Campus	Prerequisite	Corequisite
1 Semester or equivalent	36 Hours	Hawthorn	HIT2313 Computer Systems or HIT2114 Operating Systems (Linux) or HET232 Embedded Microcontrollers, and HIT3303 Data Structures and Patterns or HIT2253 Data Structures and Algorithms or HIT3172 Object-Oriented Programming in C++	Nil

Duration

Contact Hours

Campus

Prerequisite

Corequisite

1 Semester or equivalent

36 Hours

Hawthorn

HIT2313 Computer Systems or HIT2114 Operating Systems (Linux) or HET232 Embedded Microcontrollers, and HIT3303 Data Structures and Patterns or HIT2253 Data Structures and Algorithms or HIT3172 Object-Oriented Programming in C++

Nil

Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points

Related Course/s:

A core unit of study in Bachelor of Engineering (Robotics and Mechatronics)/ Bachelor of Science (Computer Science and Software Engineering). An elective unit of study in the Bachelor of Science (Computer Science and Software Engineering), Bachelor of Engineering (Telecommunication and Network Engineering)/ Bachelor of Science (Computer Science and Software Engineering), Bachelor of Science (Information Technology) and Bachelor of Science (Professional Software Development)

Aims & Objectives:

Students who successfully complete this unit of study will be able to:

Design and implement real-time software systems using a high-level language.
Develop control software for a hardware system with hard deadlines.

Teaching Methods:

Lecture (24 hrs), Tutorial (Labs) (12 hrs)

Assessment:

Assignments, Examinations

Generic Skills Outcomes:

The graduate attributes which relate to this unit of study help to produce graduates who:

Are capable in their chosen professional areas.
Are adaptable and manage change.
Operate effectively in work and community situations.
Are aware of environments.

Content:

Real-time programming.
Characteristics of real-time systems.
Clocks and deadlines.
Process interaction mechanisms: queues, semaphores, rendezvous.
Protected objects and buffers.
Low-level programming, interrupt handling.
Priority and pre-emptive scheduling.
Introduction to a real-time design methodology.
Comparison of languages and operating system support for real-time programming.

Reading Materials:

Burns, A, Wellings, A, Real-Time Systems and their Programming Languages, 3rd edn, Addison-Wesley, Wokingham, UK, 2001.
Barnes, J, Programming in Ada 95, 2nd edn, Addison-Wesley, Wokingham, UK, 1998.