Fundamentals of Advanced Real-Time Operating Systems In this
second fundamentals course dedicated to the topic of Real-Time
Operating Systems, Embedded Systems Guru, Dr. Dave Stewart,
presents some of the more advanced topics of RTOS that even
beginners in the field should know. This class begins with a
focus on software decomposition of real-time systems using
threads, and the model of a real-time thread needed to leverage
the scheduler and communication mechanisms of the RTOS. The
class continues by presenting various architectures for mapping
the real-time threads to the target hardware by leveraging
various features of an RTOS. The importance and the issues of
scheduling in a preemptive environment follow. This includes
choosing a proper real-time scheduling algorithm, assigning
priorities, and dealing with common real-time issues such as
race conditions, priority inversion, and reliable inter-thread
communication. For the system implemented using an RTOS,
advanced concepts in troubleshooting real-time pe