DocumentCode
2981099
Title
Performance analysis of a RTOS by emulation of an embedded system
Author
Weiß, Karlheinz ; Steckstor, Thorsten ; Rosenstiel, Wolfgang Dr
Author_Institution
Lehrstuhl fur Tech. Inf., Tubingen Univ., Germany
fYear
1999
fDate
36342
Firstpage
146
Lastpage
151
Abstract
We analyze the performance of two different real-time operating systems. Therefore, we used a real benchmark embedded system design with fast external reaction times of about 220 μs. We show that for such fast reactive systems, the software overhead of a real-time operating system becomes a limiting factor. We analyze the influence of novel microcontroller features, e.g., different on-chip caches, which tend to accelerate execution, but make it less predictable. These investigations have been conducted using our own emulation environment called SPYDER-CORE-P1
Keywords
cache storage; operating systems (computers); real-time systems; software performance evaluation; software prototyping; RTOS; SPYDER-CORE-P1; benchmark; embedded system emulation; microcontroller; on-chip cache; performance; reaction times; real-time operating systems; software overhead; Application software; Costs; Embedded system; Emulation; Hardware; Microcontrollers; Operating systems; Performance analysis; Real time systems; System-on-a-chip;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Rapid System Prototyping, 1999. IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location
Clearwater, FL
Print_ISBN
0-7695-0246-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IWRSP.1999.779045
Filename
779045
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