THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IEEE 802.11 MAC BASED ON SOFT-CORE PROCESSOR AND RTOS

The implementation method of the IEEE 802.11 Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol is mainly based on DSP (Digital Signal Processor)/ ARM (Advanced Reduced instruction set computer Machine) processor or DSP/ARM IP (Intellectual Property) core. This paper presents a method based on Nios II soft-core processor embedded in Altera’s Cyclone FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) and MicroC/OS-II RTOS (Real-Time Operation System). The benefits and drawbacks of above methods are compared, and then the method presented in this paper is described. The hardware and software partitioning are discussed; the hardware architecture is also illustrated and the MAC software programming is described in detail. The presented method has some advantages, such as low cost, easy-implementation and very suitable for the implementation of IEEE 802.11 MAC in research stage.

MODEL-BASED DEVELOPMENT OF REAL-TIME SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC UNIT PUMP SYSTEM

A real-time operating system （RTOS）, also named OS, is designed based on the hardware platform of MC68376, and is implemented in the electronic control system for unit pump in diesel engine. A parallel and time-based task division method is introduced and the multi-task software architecture is built in the software system for electronic unit pump （EUP） system. The V-model software development process is used to control algorithm of each task. The simulation results of the hardware-in-the-loop simulation system （HILSS） and the engine experimental results show that the OS is an efficient real-time kernel, and can meet the real-time demands of EUP system; The built multi-task software system is real-time, determinate and reliable. V-model development is a good development process of control algorithms for EUP system, the control precision of control system can be ensured, and the development cycle and cost are also decreased.

Architecture of the Graphics System for Embedded Real-Time Operating Systems

This paper presents a new architecture of a graphics system for microkernel operating systems,including real-time operating systems.The following major parts of the architecture are presented:a user-level subsystem responsible for interaction with user applications;a bottom-level subsystem providing the functionality for graphics drivers,such as managing graphics output,video memory management,etc.;a kernel-level subsystem providing interaction with the kernel,and performing low-level operations,such as working with physical memory,processes,etc.The mechanisms of interaction of user applications with the user level of the graphics system,as well as interaction of the different levels of the graphics subsystem are presented.The paper pays much attention to various approaches to testing:the use of unit testing,testing using hardware and software emulators.Another important characteristic of a graphics system is its performance,in particular the performance of low-level operations such as memory allocation:the developed architecture suggests using a separate memory allocator which is faster than standard memory allocation functions.Comparison of the performances of graphics system implementation for microkernel real-time operating system and graphics server Xorg is presented,showing significant superiority of the proposed architecture in a number of work scenarios.

Architecture of Graphics System with 3D Acceleration Support for Embedded Operating Systems

An increasing number of tasks now require the use of hardware accelerators to reduce the time required for computation and display the computational results.This paper presents a new graphics system architecture for operating systems(OSs)with microkernel architecture,including real-time OSs.The proposed system architecture provides capabilities for displaying graphical images on various information display devices and for accelerating graphical operations on GPU.The architecture of the graphics system uses a concept of allocators to manage system and video memory,provides an abstraction of memory operations with a single interface for video memory management,and simplifies memory handling where incorrect operation is the cause of many failures.A comparison between the performance of a real-time OS and Linux OS implementing the graphics system using the example of a glmark2 benchmark is presented,thereby the superiority of the proposed architecture in several scenarios is demonstrated.

深海着陆车低功耗控制系统设计

针对长周期作业的深海着陆车自身携带能源有限的问题,提出基于小型实时操作系统(RTOS)的深海着陆车低功耗控制系统设计,提高着陆车的续航能力。首先,基于低功耗单片机搭建了控制系统;其次,采用RTOS对单片机的资源进行管理,使其在无任务处理时进入睡眠状态,并依据着陆车的姿态信息来设计调节照明装置亮度和图像采集频率的控制策略,以减少重复图像信息的提取和降低能耗;最后,使用Qt软件设计了上位机界面。实验结果表明,控制系统功耗降低27.82%,满足深海着陆车对低功耗的要求。

海洋观测中的实时操作系统分析研究

海洋观测是获取海洋环境信息的重要方式,实时、可靠的操作系统是海洋观测中信息采集与处理系统的重要组成部分。实时操作系统计算的正确性不仅取决于计算的逻辑正确性,还取决于产生结果的时间。该系统具有高精度计时系统、多级中断嵌套机制和实时调度机制,这些特性保证任务在规定的时间内完成。文中对三个典型的操作系统(Wind River公司的Vx Works、BRTT公司的Antelope和开源的RTLinux)进行研究,并从功能、关键模块以及优缺点等方面进行分析论证,详细阐述了实时操作系统的功能特性以及实时操作系统在相关领域应用的重要性。

Development of a novel MLS controller based on embedde d ARM

The controller plays an important rol e in microwave landing system(MLS) navigation equipment.The embedded advanced reduced-instruction-set-computing(RISC) machine(ARM) is introduced to de velop a new MLS controller based on the functional requirements.A design includ ing hardware and software of an ARM system is given.The hardware design involve s a ARM smallest system and its interface.μC/OS-II,a good real-time operating system(RTOS),is i ntroduced in the software design.The task partitioning and management are also i nvolved.The experimental results demonstrate that the embedded ARM technique is an effective way in the complex multi-task system,and it meets the high inte gration and real-time processing requirements of the navigation equipment.