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4. Overview of embedded OS types
For the average user, an operating system is generally perceived as an all-knowing program that performs tasks such as launching applications or managing a mouse or keyboard. In reality, this software layer is nothing more than a set of functions whose specific role is to ensure the interface between software and hardware. These functions are used to manipulate data structures that basically represent the notion of "task" as conceived by the system, and the notion of task manager, to ensure selection and launch. So it's through calls to functions that applications share out processor time, memory and peripherals. The special feature of these functions is that, in practice, they are called explicitly only very rarely. These calls are made either through library functions, or through the interrupt handler.
A typical example is the...
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Overview of embedded OS types
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Bibliography
Software tools
Google. Android http://developer.android.com/index.html
DSpace, Inc. dSpace. http://www.dspaceinc.com.
The Mathworks. Real-Time Workshop. http://www.mathworks.com/products/rtw/
...Websites
REEVES Glenn, "What really happened on Mars?", http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/mbj/Mars_Pathfinder/Authoritative_Account.html
...Events
Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation, biannual (even-numbered years) leading symposium on operating systems, including OS for embedded systems, sponsored by USENIX and ACM.
International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems, a leading OS conference sponsored by the ACM.
Embedded Linux Conference, annual conference...
Standards and norms
- Standard Test Access Port and Boundary-Scan Architecture, IEEE Std. 1149.1-1990. - IEEE -
- Functional Safety of Electrical / Electronic / Programmable Electronic Safety-related Systems, IEC 61508-1998, International Electrotechnical Commission. - IEC -
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