OPEN SYSTEMS FOR TIME-CRITICAL APPLICATIONS IN TELEMETRY

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 29-November 02, 1990 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, NevadaIn this paper we discuss the next generation of open real-time systems for time critical applications in telemetry. Traditionally, real-time computing has been a realm of proprietary systems, with real-time applications written in assembly language. With the escalating cost of software development and the need for porting real-time applications to state-of-the-art hardware without massive conversion efforts, there is a need for real-time applications to be portable so that they can be moved to newer hardware platforms easily. Therefore, the next generation of real-time systems will be based on open systems incorporating industry standards, which will reduce system cost and time to market, increase availability of software packages, increase ease-of-use, and facilitate system integration. The open real-time system strategy, presented in this paper, is based on hardware architectures using off-the-shelf microprocessors, Motorola 680X0 and 88X00 families, and the REAL/IX operating system, a fully preemptive real-time UNIX operating system, developed by MODCOMP.International Foundation for TelemeteringProceedings from the International Telemetering Conference are made available by the International Foundation for Telemetering and the University of Arizona Libraries. Visit http://www.telemetry.org/index.php/contact-us if you have questions about items in this collection