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An Introduction to Real-time Operating Systems
A real-time operating system or RTOS (sometimes known as a real-time executive or kernel) is a library of functions that implements rules and policies concerning time-critical allocation of a computer system’s resources. The intent of this document is to provide a top-level overview of real-time operating systems.
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A Survey of Contemporary Real-time Operating Systems
A real-time operating system (RTOS) supports applications that must meet deadlines in addition to providing logically correct results. This paper reviews pre-requisites for an RTOS to be POSIX 1003.1b compliant and discusses memory management and scheduling in RTOS. We survey the prominent commercial and research RTOSs and outline steps in system implementation with an RTOS. We select a popular commercial RTOS within each category of...
preview: http://ai.ijs.si   date: 6/1/2004

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comp.realtime FAQ
This posting provides an overview of newsgroup comp.realtime by summarizing the history, common past topics, and frequently asked questions. This is a much in-progress document, reworking the out-of-date previous FAQ. OUT OF DATE.
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Hard vs. Soft Realtime - Overview
Although it is only PowerPoint slides, this is a very good basic introduction to the differences between 'hard' and 'soft' realtime.
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Real Time and Embedded HOWTO
This HOWTO is about the fundamentals of (i) real-time and embedded operating systems (focusing mostly on their differences with general purpose operating systems such as Linux), and (ii) real-time programming. Everything is illustrated with Open Source examples: RTLinux, RTAI, eCos, RT-EMS, uCLinux, ...
preview: http://www.mech.kuleuven.ac.be   date: 9/1/2001

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