MECHTRON 4AA4 - Real-Time Systems and Control Applications

4 unit(s)

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.
Three lectures, one lab (three hours); first term
Prerequisite(s): SFWRENG 3BB4 or SFWRENG 3SH3; and SFWRENG 3DX4 or MECHTRON 3DX4 or IBEHS 4A03, and registration in a Mechatronics Engineering program
Antirequisite(s): SFWR ENG 4A03, 4AA3, 4AA4, 4GA3