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MECHTRON 4AA4

Real-Time Systems and Control Applications

Undergraduate

2026

Topics

  • Hard and soft real-time systems
  • Safety classification
  • Fail-safe design
  • Hazard analysis
  • Discrete event systems
  • Modes
  • Requirements and design specifications
  • Tasks and scheduling
  • Clock synchronization
  • Data acquisition
  • Applications in real-time control

Readings

  • Real-Time Systems, Jane W.S. Liu. This book has a more comprehensive study of scheduling and has some discussion of design issues for real-time operating systems.
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  • Real-Time Systems Design and Analysis: Tools for the Practitioner, Phillip A. Laplante. This is available as an e-book from the library. This is also a good general reference for real-time systems.
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Sources